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18th Century Timeline
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1. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island
1718
1723
1722
1735
2. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1722
1788
1709
1775
3. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1754
1792
1748
1740
4. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1791
1715
1721
1718
5. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1799
1788
1742
1710-1711
6. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1788
1740
1722
1707
7. Camisard Rebellion in France.
1702
1715
1709
1787
8. Cotton mills were first opened in England
1742
1772
1708
1702
9. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1769
1725
1704
1773
10. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1773
1789
1722
1711-1715
11. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1783
1722
1705
1798
12. 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.
1785
1744
1788
1788
13. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1718
1778
1792
1750
14. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1787
1778
1710
1781
15. 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
1787
1709
1772
16. War of the Polish Succession.
1789
1733
1779
1709
17. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1794
1716
1789
1747
18. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1729
1720
1727
1787
19. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1769
1799
1776
1725
20. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1785
1708
1706
1722
21. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1757
1713-1714
1760
1710
22. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1791
1788
1705
1715
23. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1706
1744
1723
1772
24. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1730
1721
1724
1715
25. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.
1795
1794
1769
1766
26. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1775
1713-1714
1745
1795
27. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1738
1741
1775
1709
28. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1701
1783
1796
1719
29. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1793
1738
1756
1722
30. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1791
1795
1796
1769
31. The French Revolution
1773
1789
1772
1738
32. Russo-Turkish War
1799
1787
1738
1710
33. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1794
1763
1729
1770
34. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1758
1771
1710-1711
1701
35. The Haitian Revolution
1791
1723
1740
1723
36. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1720
1794
1783
1796
37. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1744
1791
1735
1760
38. The 'Great Disaster'
1785
1718
1723
1796
39. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1791
1797
1796
1799
40. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1748
1775
1711-1715
1792
41. The R
1795
1787
1703
1791
42. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1794
1783
1789
1722
43. Upper Canada bans slavery.
1793
1795
1714
1788
44. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1733
1715
1795
1758
45. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1792
1726
1772
1712
46. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1794
1787
1792
1745
47. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1775
1701
1799
1721
48. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession
1713
1709
1722
1710-1711
49. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1785
1756
1798
1721
50. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1721
1715
1772
1758