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18th Century Timeline
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1. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1729
1772
1744
1772
2. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1793
1750
1772
1736
3. American Revolutionary War
1738
1775
1744
1795
4. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1772
1741
1722
1770
5. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1715
1701
1791
1702
6. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1718-1730
1715
1772
1788
7. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1776
1732
1736
1770
8. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1775
1722
1762
1790
9. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1796
1795
1758
1738
10. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1761
1732
1783
1769
11. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1769
1779
1756
1721
12. War of the Austrian Succession
1702
1732
1740
1772
13. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1795
1796
1711-1715
1721
14. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1783
1785
1783
1795
15. Camisard Rebellion in France.
1709
1707
1702
1765
16. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1718-1730
1792
1721
1740
17. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1725
1740
1780
1768
18. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1792
1781
1742
1795
19. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire
1766
1745
1718-1730
1772
20. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1787
1727
1723
1756
21. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1787
1711-1715
1722
1740
22. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1785
1729
1744
1790
23. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1783
1794
1795
1740
24. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1792
1799
1781
1747
25. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1714
1701
1730
1771
26. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1722
1759
1776
1759
27. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1772
1755
1788
1791
28. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1781
1776
1738
1735
29. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1771
1715
1790
1793
30. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1703
1799
1789
1701
31. The 'Great Disaster'
1723
1795
1727
1776
32. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.
1707
1707
1706
1797
33. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1791
1794
1772
1714
34. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1799
1769
1744
1738
35. The French Revolution
1707
1768
1789
1702
36. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1789
1718-1730
1705
1727
37. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi
1710-1711
1787
1763
1708
38. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1791
1796
1721
1789
39. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1720
1701
1794
1735
40. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1788
1701
1762
1772
41. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1738
1797
1767
1744
42. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1795
1778
1788
1778
43. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1771
1788
1723
1720
44. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1713
1773
1747
1714
45. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1755
1787
1729
1713-1714
46. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1759
1772
1730
1798
47. Russo-Turkish War
1700-1721
1787
1713
1778
48. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1773
1721
1744
1708
49. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1761
1796
1724
1723
50. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1796
1741
1738
1739