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18th Century Timeline
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1. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1790
1742
1792
1740
2. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1787
1770
1791
1769
3. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1759
1768
1745
1741
4. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1791
1735
1771
1739
5. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1794
1788
1703
1787
6. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1796
1788
1721
1799
7. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1747
1725
1796
1710-1711
8. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.
1702
1701
1796
1709
9. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1710-1711
1713-1714
1744
1741
10. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1714
1740
1776
1716
11. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1701
1761
1744
1796
12. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1726
1788
1722
1740
13. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1724
1720
1722
1713
14. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1721
1723
1740
1790
15. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1787
1771
1758
1718-1730
16. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1739
1748
1744
1718
17. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1787
1730
1708
1790
18. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1736
1705
1724
1799
19. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.
1792
1776
1708
1722
20. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1799
1744
1732
1790
21. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1780
1768
1717
1739
22. The French Revolution
1700-1721
1716
1792
1789
23. Inconfid
1793
1788
1706
1792
24. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1785
1741
1712
1775
25. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1701
1792
1778
1709
26. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1745
1703
1723
1715
27. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1798
1736
1710-1711
1744
28. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1705
1773
1790
1727
29. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1713-1714
1722
1767
1781
30. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1787
1723
1793
1724
31. The Great Plague of Marseille
1720
1732
1796
1787
32. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1736
1772
1740
1709
33. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1790
1798
1718
1738
34. George III became King of Britain.
1736
1760
1712
1713
35. Russo-Turkish War
1792
1768
1721
1761
36. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1738
1772
1738
1787
37. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1706
1710-1711
1799
1756
38. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1768
1791
1792
1730
39. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1722
1716
1709
1726
40. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1725
1788
1725
1798
41. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession
1714
1713
1799
1722
42. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1789
1741
1721
1792
43. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1781
1702
1703
1775
44. Anglo-Spanish War
1748
1727
1783
1771
45. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1702
1775
1722
1717
46. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1711-1715
1773
1767
1736
47. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1794
1787
1748
1781
48. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1783
1797
1768
1744
49. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1723
1709
1789
1778
50. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1767
1739
1789
1713-1714