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18th Century Timeline
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1. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1791
1796
1739
1781
2. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession
1756
1730
1713
1775
3. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1799
1759
1776
1773
4. Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1747
1798
1735
1760
5. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1744
1765
1781
1769
6. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1739
1721
1760
1775
7. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1747
1766
1793
1701
8. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1732
1779
1729
1715
9. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1788
1798
1787
1796
10. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains
1768
1771
1720
1700-1721
11. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi
1763
1703
1756
1733
12. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1727
1780
1771
1772
13. Anglo-Spanish War
1744
1797
1796
1727
14. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1763
1795
1722
1799
15. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1724
1742
1748
1729
16. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1727
1709
1747
1745
17. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1787
1772
1794
1709
18. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1791
1768
1783
1760
19. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1760
1793
1788
1783
20. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1757
1715
1730
1759
21. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1700-1721
1715
1783
1705
22. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1789
1773
1796
1788
23. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1768
1799
1740
1799
24. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1778
1722
1776
1789
25. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1736
1760
1796
1783
26. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1713-1714
1770
1715
1767
27. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1748
1783
1776
1772
28. Inconfid
1747
1798
1783
1788
29. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
1740
1738
1707
1703
30. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1738
1775
1744
1768
31. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1795
1798
1796
1792
32. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1767
1730
1792
1760
33. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1705
1748
1769
1790
34. The French Revolution
1789
1796
1794
1704
35. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War
1726
1772
1793
1758
36. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1770
1772
1715
1799
37. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1763
1732
1707
1733
38. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1788
1776
1741
1712
39. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1768
1780
1710-1711
1796
40. Cotton mills were first opened in England
1742
1763
1772
1713-1714
41. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1799
1712
1775
1741
42. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1707
1783
1793
1770
43. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1755
1704
1719
1722
44. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1788
1799
1722
1707
45. 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
1730
1771
1707
1726
46. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1791
1796
1721
1706
47. The 'Great Disaster'
1768
1723
1709
1726
48. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1733
1741
1795
1729
49. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1702
1707
1770
1736
50. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1772
1736
1706
1761