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18th Century Timeline
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1. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1738
1799
1785
1788
2. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1776
1773
1770
1798
3. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1740
1795
1761
1700-1721
4. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1750
1748
1735
1797
5. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1754
1794
1716
1787
6. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1765
1771
1794
1769
7. The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the EastIndies and English Company Trading to the EastIndies merged to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the EastIndies.
1766
1708
1723
1783
8. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1730
1735
1790
1778
9. Polish revolt
1794
1708
1706
1729
10. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire
1718-1730
1788
1789
1708
11. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1754
1787
1719
1796
12. The Great Plague of Marseille
1702
1781
1789
1720
13. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1783
1796
1792
1714
14. 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
1726
1795
1730
1792
15. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.
1735
1739
1747
1796
16. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1796
1765
1789
1739
17. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1795
1718-1730
1788
1799
18. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1707
1768
1788
1798
19. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1708
1717
1772
1791
20. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1788
1718-1730
1710
1796
21. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1723
1788
1722
1710
22. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1701
1780
1715
1723
23. The South Sea Bubble
1709
1720
1723
1791
24. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
1707
1738
1778
1754
25. Russo-Persian War
1780
1709
1739
1722
26. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1792
1758
1770
1776
27. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772
1708
1754
1741
1775
28. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1795
1763
1720
1793
29. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1775
1722
1791
1798
30. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1768
1783
1702
1723
31. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1709
1713-1714
1789
1788
32. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1723
1778
1710-1711
1744
33. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1755
1798
1791
1795
34. Camisard Rebellion in France.
1722
1702
1714
1736
35. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.
1783
1781
1721
1765
36. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1781
1709
1720
1792
37. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1781
1775
1787
1741
38. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1793
1769
1744
1703
39. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1708
1756
1740
1760
40. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1704
1755
1755
1732
41. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1793
1701
1717
1733
42. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1776
1798
1701
1719
43. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1783
1735
1799
1721
44. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1783
1740
1735
1772
45. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1762
1772
1721
1735
46. The French Revolution
1766
1789
1713
1796
47. 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
1783
1793
1726
1763
48. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1766
1708
1789
1776
49. The 'Great Disaster'
1723
1738
1785
1732
50. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I
1741
1710
1776
1701