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18th Century Timeline
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1. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1790
1718
1739
1720
2. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.
1717
1785
1744
1730
3. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.
1799
1797
1773
1745
4. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1740
1720
1716
1713
5. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1796
1755
1754
1781
6. 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
1783
1791
1720
7. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1717
1769
1706
1759
8. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1724
1793
1709
1785
9. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1722
1715
1757
1783
10. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.
1760
1738
1769
1796
11. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1770
1779
1792
1722
12. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1721
1722
1748
1788
13. Russo-Turkish War
1705
1787
1733
1768
14. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1762
1741
1708
1715
15. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1773
1772
1741
1776
16. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1720
1776
1796
1783
17. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1795
1709
1787
1701
18. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1758
1755
1776
1721
19. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1771
1795
1739
1785
20. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1769
1772
1741
1799
21. The R
1718
1703
1740
1775
22. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1750
1772
1796
1748
23. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1707
1799
1701
1789
24. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1708
1760
1773
1721
25. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi
1768
1748
1763
1703
26. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1745
1748
1762
1778
27. The Great Plague of Marseille
1795
1715
1720
1791
28. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1744
1788
1723
1790
29. Cotton mills were first opened in England
1742
1791
1787
1790
30. Revolt in the Vend
1787
1798
1793
1708
31. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1738
1785
1775
1778
32. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1738
1799
1792
1756
33. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1721
1703
1719
1740
34. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1790
1703
1708
1776
35. The Haitian Revolution
1791
1720
1740
1736
36. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1747
1717
1796
1781
37. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1769
1787
1781
1773
38. War of the Polish Succession.
1733
1705
1701
1723
39. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1796
1712
1727
1797
40. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War
1771
1796
1789
1772
41. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1738
1785
1721
1798
42. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1783
1789
1772
1785
43. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1799
1754
1781
1722
44. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1780
1707
1730
1765
45. The Lisbon earthquake
1790
1707
1755
1788
46. George III became King of Britain.
1718
1778
1703
1760
47. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1775
1788
1750
1789
48. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1701
1707
1773
1745
49. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1715
1706
1799
1715
50. The French Revolution
1740
1725
1789
1787