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18th Century Timeline
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1. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1788
1799
1713
1701
2. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1763
1701
1730
1710
3. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1707
1736
1709
1795
4. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1707
1754
1732
1793
5. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1722
1798
1771
1724
6. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1788
1700-1721
1756
1785
7. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island
1776
1738
1718
1727
8. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1799
1722
1796
1796
9. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1795
1787
1713-1714
1744
10. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1780
1797
1790
1707
11. The French Revolution
1739
1701
1789
1799
12. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1772
1718
1735
1721
13. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1744
1788
1729
1707
14. Anglo-Spanish War
1762
1772
1727
1793
15. The 'Great Disaster'
1787
1723
1741
1789
16. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1799
1780
1704
1716
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.
1791
1783
1794
1721
18. Russo-Persian War
1740
1754
1718
1722
19. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1715
1732
1768
1741
20. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1787
1756
1709
1768
21. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1715
1755
1729
1742
22. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1732
1740
1795
1730
23. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1717
1798
1791
1762
24. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1740
1799
1797
1736
25. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1740
1706
1703
1730
26. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.
1792
1707
1796
1772
27. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1744
1711-1715
1719
1700-1721
28. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1748
1783
1792
1772
29. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1788
1711-1715
1792
1787
30. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1766
1787
1703
1721
31. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1722
1795
1790
1754
32. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.
1748
1708
1792
1733
33. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1771
1704
1768
1703
34. 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
1788
1747
1796
1726
35. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1791
1721
1707
1789
36. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1715
1768
1794
1767
37. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).
1757
1793
1727
1796
38. Russo-Turkish War
1772
1768
1745
1795
39. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1765
1799
1709
1738
40. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1710
1739
1799
1730
41. 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.
1708
1704
1788
1754
42. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1748
1744
1775
1781
43. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1792
1738
1788
1720
44. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1772
1701
1793
1705
45. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1722
1736
1715
1787
46. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1768
1740
1738
1769
47. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1740
1748
1719
1736
48. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1781
1722
1721
1795
49. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1788
1780
1775
1790
50. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1707
1723
1754
1708