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18th Century Timeline
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1. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1771
1789
1756
1796
2. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1763
1776
1783
1797
3. Upper Canada bans slavery.
1771
1744
1720
1793
4. Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1725
1741
1703
1760
5. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1795
1772
1703
1772
6. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1739
1704
1741
1788
7. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1744
1790
1757
1730
8. Camisard Rebellion in France.
1702
1765
1788
1792
9. The R
1735
1799
1703
1773
10. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1788
1739
1775
1767
11. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1711-1715
1738
1799
1745
12. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire
1720
1700-1721
1707
1792
13. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.
1795
1787
1710-1711
1722
14. The Haitian Revolution
1788
1713-1714
1791
1701
15. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1773
1744
1785
1707
16. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1792
1795
1758
1707
17. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1760
1739
1776
1738
18. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1706
1750
1739
1715
19. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1779
1783
1738
1789
20. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1730
1744
1789
1716
21. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1711-1715
1794
1788
1727
22. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1720
1738
1700-1721
1727
23. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1721
1713
1756
1785
24. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1701
1722
1789
1783
25. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn
1748
1759
1722
1740
26. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1768
1771
1787
1747
27. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1792
1741
1791
1799
28. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1738
1704
1750
1755
29. The R
1757
1709
1703
1781
30. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1755
1712
1794
1772
31. War of the Austrian Succession
1776
1763
1740
1783
32. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1739
1705
1775
1709
33. The 'Great Disaster'
1744
1701
1723
1736
34. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1709
1736
1707
1772
35. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1793
1765
1722
1796
36. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1739
1793
1709
1718
37. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1720
1709
1701
1773
38. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1722
1792
1708
1709
39. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1775
1759
1775
1794
40. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1778
1772
1738
1722
41. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1791
1721
1799
1716
42. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1711-1715
1738
1788
1715
43. The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing
1709
1700-1721
1726
1793
44. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1742
1721
1796
1707
45. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1708
1760
1756
1765
46. War of the Polish Succession.
1772
1733
1722
1710
47. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1740
1709
1700-1721
1768
48. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1769
1707
1792
1758
49. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island
1718
1722
1793
1703
50. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1799
1712
1767
1798
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