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18th Century Timeline
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1. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1796
1781
1769
1771
2. Upper Canada bans slavery.
1787
1783
1793
1771
3. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1701
1706
1723
1762
4. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1757
1710-1711
1770
1755
5. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1785
1725
1772
1781
6. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1741
1798
1721
1799
7. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1708
1759
1797
1709
8. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1707
1769
1735
1776
9. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1795
1707
1796
1725
10. Imam Sheikh Mansur - a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic - led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian invaders.
1772
1798
1785
1775
11. The R
1703
1799
1714
1799
12. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn
1754
1722
1744
1789
13. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1778
1704
1715
1790
14. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
1763
1741
1738
1735
15. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1785
1733
1718
1799
16. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.
1770
1792
1738
1787
17. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1781
1711-1715
1788
1798
18. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1755
1776
1792
1741
19. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1732
1794
1704
1798
20. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1740
1770
1701
1738
21. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1772
1768
1736
1709
22. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1779
1744
1730
1763
23. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1790
1709
1739
1795
24. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1787
1796
1781
1798
25. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1770
1768
1744
1789
26. War of the Polish Succession.
1733
1794
1701
1748
27. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1736
1708
1794
1783
28. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1722
1748
1755
1747
29. The 'Great Disaster'
1771
1773
1723
1799
30. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1791
1771
1706
1735
31. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1725
1712
1772
1701
32. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1756
1758
1791
1799
33. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1769
1709
1715
1787
34. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1745
1715
1755
1788
35. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1789
1707
1708
1798
36. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1763
1781
1778
1701
37. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1772
1766
1707
1723
38. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1706
1722
1707
1730
39. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1706
1788
1732
1798
40. Anglo-Spanish War
1700-1721
1727
1720
1779
41. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1726
1724
1792
1729
42. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1758
1744
1736
1790
43. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1758
1702
1765
1721
44. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1717
1785
1748
1740
45. Revolt in the Vend
1711-1715
1767
1793
1709
46. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1791
1792
1713-1714
1741
47. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1712
1765
1705
1795
48. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1722
1722
1791
1765
49. The Haitian Revolution
1796
1788
1791
1729
50. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1799
1772
1738
1721