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18th Century Timeline
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1. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1706
1739
1756
1799
2. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1792
1722
1715
1736
3. Cotton mills were first opened in England
1720
1707
1708
1742
4. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1789
1765
1739
1736
5. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1740
1738
1779
1783
6. 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.
1771
1796
1785
1787
7. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1787
1720
1713
1770
8. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1780
1712
1703
1799
9. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.
1797
1781
1711-1715
1707
10. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1739
1783
1794
1785
11. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1720
1795
1755
1757
12. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1787
1767
1707
1796
13. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1701
1704
1756
1772
14. 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
1776
1738
1726
1796
15. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1713-1714
1710
1755
1702
16. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1770
1789
1799
1796
17. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1703
1701
1732
1740
18. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1740
1715
1707
1725
19. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1768
1755
1710-1711
1738
20. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1792
1755
1775
1709
21. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1713-1714
1740
1788
1770
22. American Revolutionary War
1769
1775
1722
1778
23. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1769
1789
1773
1748
24. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1795
1787
1799
1789
25. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1787
1769
1769
1704
26. Anglo-Spanish War
1738
1727
1773
1787
27. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1791
1787
1772
1754
28. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1768
1781
1701
1791
29. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1712
1701
1781
1762
30. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1707
1766
1798
1791
31. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1797
1759
1721
1712
32. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1796
1780
1799
1787
33. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1793
1709
1788
1769
34. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1707
1706
1787
1716
35. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi
1795
1787
1701
1763
36. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1707
1799
1710-1711
1797
37. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1744
1779
1711-1715
1748
38. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1772
1747
1790
1761
39. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains
1720
1785
1710-1711
1722
40. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1770
1785
1738
1787
41. The 'Great Disaster'
1711-1715
1785
1747
1723
42. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1707
1708
1798
1795
43. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1788
1779
1796
1781
44. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1714
1735
1740
1738
45. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1792
1744
1788
1793
46. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1730
1795
1732
1788
47. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1719
1756
1798
1744
48. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1787
1787
1791
1721
49. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1754
1769
1739
1740
50. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.
1787
1799
1760
1715