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18th Century Timeline
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1. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1744
1796
1703
1750
2. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1707
1795
1775
1745
3. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1733
1707
1769
1783
4. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1772
1776
1732
1760
5. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1788
1717
1775
1756
6. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.
1755
1787
1722
1756
7. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1722
1773
1718
1735
8. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1796
1758
1756
1738
9. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1738
1713-1714
1788
1720
10. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1788
1776
1797
1757
11. War of the Polish Succession.
1794
1732
1796
1733
12. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1725
1783
1756
1701
13. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1716
1721
1759
1778
14. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1788
1744
1767
1776
15. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.
1722
1788
1721
1792
16. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1721
1730
1763
1789
17. Revolt in the Vend
1788
1759
1798
1793
18. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1794
1726
1771
1790
19. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1793
1740
1711-1715
1701
20. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1793
1725
1789
1707
21. The 'Great Disaster'
1723
1710-1711
1768
1748
22. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1750
1738
1716
1792
23. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1789
1772
1756
1741
24. Polish revolt
1775
1708
1794
1766
25. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains
1797
1720
1794
1783
26. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi
1740
1763
1718-1730
1778
27. George III became King of Britain.
1790
1738
1792
1760
28. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1765
1798
1725
1772
29. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1796
1787
1707
1761
30. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1755
1717
1769
1733
31. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1710-1711
1716
1799
1795
32. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1763
1745
1768
1783
33. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1773
1744
1772
1701
34. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1772
1768
1783
1761
35. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1721
1716
1710
1796
36. The Great Plague of Marseille
1785
1738
1720
1772
37. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1769
1796
1723
1783
38. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1799
1795
1798
1705
39. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1795
1736
1708
1715
40. War of the Austrian Succession
1722
1760
1740
1787
41. The Haitian Revolution
1794
1754
1771
1791
42. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1789
1767
1787
1771
43. The South Sea Bubble
1756
1720
1729
1771
44. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1709
1715
1709
1798
45. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1723
1795
1736
1797
46. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1773
1778
1721
1756
47. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1730
1772
1701
1740
48. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1756
1787
1762
1750
49. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1721
1719
1741
1796
50. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1791
1721
1795
1736
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