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18th Century Timeline
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1. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1724
1799
1723
1775
2. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1741
1748
1720
1797
3. George III became King of Britain.
1733
1760
1701
1788
4. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1788
1700-1721
1730
1778
5. Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1738
1796
1760
1788
6. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1703
1715
1798
1769
7. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1738
1740
1762
1785
8. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.
1730
1701
1732
1744
9. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1787
1762
1796
1775
10. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1748
1740
1715
1793
11. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1787
1796
1736
1770
12. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1738
1794
1796
1730
13. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1736
1770
1713
1754
14. Russo-Persian War
1723
1740
1722
1757
15. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1717
1796
1796
1761
16. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1754
1791
1787
1741
17. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1796
1709
1778
1742
18. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1712
1718
1793
1710-1711
19. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1714
1754
1788
1767
20. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1765
1787
1701
1788
21. American Revolutionary War
1787
1775
1710
1792
22. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire
1720
1756
1768
1700-1721
23. The Great Plague of Marseille
1739
1720
1757
1798
24. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'
1772
1795
1709
1775
25. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1790
1747
1789
1742
26. Polish revolt
1794
1754
1726
1799
27. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1710
1703
1783
1790
28. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1783
1700-1721
1718
1762
29. Camisard Rebellion in France.
1799
1702
1768
1708
30. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1738
1756
1706
1799
31. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1763
1719
1787
1722
32. Anglo-Spanish War
1739
1727
1799
1770
33. Russo-Turkish War
1735
1715
1787
1722
34. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1730
1799
1793
1787
35. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1720
1779
1796
1730
36. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1744
1723
1756
1757
37. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1741
1709
1744
1792
38. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1730
1799
1706
1715
39. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1763
1718
1791
1738
40. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1718
1744
1798
1721
41. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.
1776
1741
1796
1795
42. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1796
1725
1718
1726
43. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1722
1730
1709
1768
44. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1769
1793
1721
1772
45. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1707
1759
1719
1796
46. Russo-Turkish War
1715
1701
1789
1768
47. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1787
1702
1721
1720
48. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1796
1745
1730
1712
49. The 'Great Disaster'
1727
1790
1799
1723
50. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1707
1791
1705
1778