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18th Century Timeline
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1. T
1773
1788
1778
1707
2. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1781
1796
1756
1722
3. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1730
1758
1775
1707
4. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1707
1720
1768
1787
5. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.
1758
1775
1733
1721
6. Inconfid
1788
1771
1740
1704
7. Cotton mills were first opened in England
1742
1741
1770
1795
8. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1776
1708
1735
1709
9. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.
1796
1778
1790
1787
10. The Lisbon earthquake
1789
1755
1772
1789
11. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1757
1787
1706
1713-1714
12. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains
1720
1741
1797
1791
13. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1701
1744
1748
1727
14. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1763
1769
1720
1796
15. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1718
1783
1776
1727
16. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1796
1795
1796
1798
17. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1799
1716
1798
1760
18. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1719
1701
1796
1779
19. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1720
1715
1768
1772
20. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1763
1785
1715
1781
21. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1772
1789
1740
1790
22. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1718
1722
1775
1741
23. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1739
1713-1714
1799
1715
24. War of the Austrian Succession
1768
1740
1765
1738
25. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1769
1705
1707
1791
26. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1755
1715
1718-1730
1795
27. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1770
1715
1717
1707
28. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1723
1796
1713-1714
1740
29. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire
1709
1700-1721
1799
1705
30. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1741
1729
1781
1705
31. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1750
1769
1722
1738
32. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1702
1705
1722
1723
33. The South Sea Bubble
1785
1727
1720
1738
34. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1762
1790
1715
1798
35. T
1796
1710
1778
1789
36. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1756
1738
1775
1700-1721
37. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1738
1748
1763
1794
38. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1730
1708
1795
1787
39. Russo-Turkish War.
1795
1735
1775
1740
40. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1750
1721
1791
1792
41. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1741
1799
1744
1709
42. George III became King of Britain.
1799
1760
1718
1791
43. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1705
1759
1718-1730
1710
44. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1718-1730
1790
1740
1747
45. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1773
1717
1796
1707
46. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1772
1787
1736
1768
47. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1763
1772
1715
1738
48. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1795
1722
1794
1763
49. Anglo-Spanish War
1787
1754
1720
1727
50. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1710-1711
1710
1778
1704