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18th Century Timeline
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1. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1789
1711-1715
1722
1720
2. Anglo-Spanish War
1703
1744
1727
1718-1730
3. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1769
1742
1730
1793
4. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1768
1745
1705
1709
5. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1716
1775
1766
1748
6. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
1794
1738
1708
1741
7. Upper Canada bans slavery.
1793
1789
1704
1791
8. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession
1730
1760
1772
1713
9. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1758
1771
1738
1718
10. Inconfid
1788
1761
1707
1722
11. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1754
1740
1795
1795
12. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1718
1770
1796
1707
13. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1785
1772
1789
1745
14. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1715
1740
1704
1724
15. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1710
1791
1798
1744
16. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1770
1756
1736
1788
17. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1771
1799
1775
1785
18. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire
1720
1745
1700-1721
1799
19. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1701
1758
1722
1709
20. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1748
1757
1700-1721
1710
21. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1795
1793
1772
1799
22. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1771
1795
1721
1759
23. The Lisbon earthquake
1724
1748
1730
1755
24. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1741
1738
1739
1769
25. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1788
1720
1768
1702
26. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1754
1745
1776
1735
27. The 'Great Disaster'
1723
1783
1740
1766
28. The Lisbon earthquake
1799
1755
1791
1711-1715
29. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1791
1788
1740
1776
30. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1769
1701
1781
1722
31. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1781
1723
1735
1750
32. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1732
1708
1770
1768
33. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1791
1738
1722
1718
34. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession
1787
1713
1796
1793
35. The South Sea Bubble
1748
1723
1720
1796
36. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1720
1740
1791
1710
37. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1787
1730
1718
1767
38. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1773
1722
1772
1796
39. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1740
1783
1773
1704
40. T
1778
1721
1795
1772
41. Revolt in the Vend
1781
1701
1793
1708
42. T
1778
1721
1789
1796
43. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1714
1722
1769
1766
44. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.
1735
1788
1797
1791
45. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1775
1795
1715
1778
46. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1792
1794
1755
1722
47. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1773
1792
1778
1787
48. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1795
1792
1736
1795
49. 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.
1713-1714
1785
1703
1722
50. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1787
1796
1745
1722