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18th Century Timeline
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1. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1709
1788
1740
1720
2. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1772
1748
1768
1770
3. Upper Canada bans slavery.
1706
1787
1793
1718
4. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1769
1799
1738
1775
5. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1721
1722
1799
1716
6. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1717
1709
1756
1795
7. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'
1713-1714
1722
1772
1787
8. The Haitian Revolution
1761
1702
1796
1791
9. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1783
1772
1781
1713-1714
10. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1761
1798
1718-1730
1779
11. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1707
1771
1736
1702
12. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1767
1772
1715
1759
13. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1740
1799
1760
1719
14. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1760
1772
1738
1742
15. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1705
1775
1732
1736
16. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1794
1713-1714
1721
1758
17. Camisard Rebellion in France.
1796
1720
1750
1702
18. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1707
1750
1715
1717
19. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1775
1790
1795
1792
20. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1732
1723
1722
1717
21. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1718
1796
1787
1799
22. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1701
1771
1754
1758
23. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1740
1798
1792
1789
24. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1776
1775
1783
1787
25. Russo-Persian War
1722
1740
1796
1716
26. Inconfid
1736
1721
1788
1793
27. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).
1748
1716
1713-1714
1796
28. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1722
1720
1772
1767
29. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1755
1724
1733
1735
30. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1720
1778
1757
1792
31. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War
1719
1772
1765
1701
32. The French Revolution
1775
1713
1789
1769
33. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1705
1726
1754
1715
34. American Revolutionary War
1766
1775
1744
1790
35. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1790
1762
1795
1783
36. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1722
1793
1799
1725
37. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1721
1717
1770
1715
38. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1709
1735
1730
1745
39. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1721
1792
1754
1706
40. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1722
1715
1725
1742
41. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1775
1794
1732
1765
42. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1711-1715
1770
1791
1716
43. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1732
1741
1787
1725
44. The French and Indian War - Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and their allies and the English and their allies. The North American chapter of the Seven Years' War.
1754
1772
1744
1778
45. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1747
1715
1788
1768
46. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1772
1793
1736
1735
47. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1707
1707
1799
1744
48. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1779
1714
1763
1755
49. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1760
1735
1702
1750
50. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1740
1794
1703
1721