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18th Century Timeline
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1. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1738
1794
1713-1714
1795
2. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1772
1713-1714
1712
1710-1711
3. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1756
1795
1791
1775
4. War of the Austrian Succession
1740
1715
1741
1769
5. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1706
1762
1735
1783
6. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1724
1700-1721
1778
1789
7. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1720
1769
1739
1723
8. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.
1730
1720
1793
1724
9. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1770
1792
1748
1775
10. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1768
1763
1758
1722
11. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1726
1788
1762
1709
12. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1744
1796
1785
1715
13. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1735
1787
1791
1705
14. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1703
1775
1701
1783
15. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1719
1724
1793
1783
16. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1722
1795
1736
1791
17. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1715
1799
1720
1758
18. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1744
1701
1703
1713
19. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1744
1718
1792
1781
20. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1720
1702
1773
1740
21. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1738
1799
1701
1747
22. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1772
1796
1715
1788
23. The French and Indian War - Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and their allies and the English and their allies. The North American chapter of the Seven Years' War.
1735
1754
1750
1703
24. George III became King of Britain.
1709
1791
1760
1744
25. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains
1765
1760
1720
1738
26. The R
1747
1791
1771
1703
27. Polish revolt
1794
1732
1768
1757
28. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1729
1787
1763
1798
29. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1709
1722
1712
1791
30. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
1791
1714
1738
1703
31. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1711-1715
1744
1796
1744
32. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1707
1788
1757
1798
33. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).
1718
1768
1796
1706
34. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1715
1797
1721
1717
35. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1783
1755
1781
1792
36. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1747
1715
1775
1772
37. The French and Indian War - Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and their allies and the English and their allies. The North American chapter of the Seven Years' War.
1798
1754
1721
1748
38. Revolt in the Vend
1724
1773
1795
1793
39. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1791
1721
1766
1789
40. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1711-1715
1744
1761
1748
41. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1780
1760
1736
1713-1714
42. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1721
1787
1775
1780
43. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.
1783
1772
1723
1739
44. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1733
1744
1701
1771
45. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1772
1735
1763
1708
46. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).
1796
1741
1735
1708
47. The South Sea Bubble
1769
1726
1708
1720
48. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1761
1790
1714
1722
49. 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
1793
1732
1771
1726
50. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'
1765
1772
1730
1715