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18th Century Timeline
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1. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1747
1706
1739
1732
2. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1775
1704
1776
1715
3. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1726
1716
1717
1732
4. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.
1793
1711-1715
1739
1763
5. Russo-Turkish War.
1796
1791
1756
1735
6. George III became King of Britain.
1738
1794
1760
1757
7. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1798
1736
1720
1755
8. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island
1735
1718
1793
1795
9. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1723
1729
1700-1721
1736
10. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.
1778
1795
1792
1796
11. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1701
1744
1718
1707
12. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1709
1785
1727
1795
13. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1787
1790
1789
1788
14. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi
1745
1716
1763
1729
15. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1792
1730
1701
1708
16. The Haitian Revolution
1733
1791
1763
1762
17. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.
1794
1792
1722
1701
18. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1776
1769
1792
1740
19. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1799
1765
1733
1701
20. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1799
1723
1778
1740
21. Revolt in the Vend
1772
1708
1793
1733
22. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.
1788
1744
1787
1790
23. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1770
1711-1715
1738
1798
24. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.
1758
1785
1799
1721
25. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1795
1707
1718
1789
26. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1778
1795
1723
1709
27. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1790
1796
1766
1707
28. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1738
1721
1718
1732
29. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1742
1745
1789
1720
30. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1738
1761
1773
1721
31. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1735
1716
1790
1740
32. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1792
1755
1735
1796
33. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1722
1794
1701
1717
34. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.
1794
1763
1723
1798
35. George III became King of Britain.
1741
1730
1739
1760
36. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1707
1722
1787
1706
37. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1721
1799
1793
1741
38. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1704
1718
1740
1720
39. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1766
1712
1785
1793
40. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1776
1721
1791
1701
41. The South Sea Bubble
1792
1707
1720
1788
42. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1775
1755
1759
1789
43. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1703
1798
1792
1701
44. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1779
1772
1778
1785
45. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1707
1779
1719
1726
46. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire
1700-1721
1738
1719
1710
47. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1780
1723
1771
1799
48. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1732
1754
1799
1763
49. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1712
1709
1708
1715
50. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1776
1771
1792
1723