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18th Century Timeline
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1. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1748
1787
1744
1770
2. American Revolutionary War
1730
1721
1775
1740
3. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1748
1795
1796
1766
4. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1716
1793
1773
1711-1715
5. Russo-Turkish War
1738
1772
1787
1767
6. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1789
1761
1760
1788
7. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1759
1707
1705
1799
8. The R
1716
1703
1788
1730
9. The French Revolution
1789
1775
1773
1776
10. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1722
1760
1795
1756
11. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1787
1760
1768
1701
12. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1707
1773
1725
1740
13. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.
1795
1744
1721
1775
14. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1721
1791
1742
1787
15. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1772
1703
1776
1773
16. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1756
1720
1718
1760
17. T
1773
1769
1715
1778
18. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1741
1770
1791
1787
19. War of the Austrian Succession
1732
1740
1709
1748
20. Polish revolt
1761
1787
1758
1794
21. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1738
1771
1795
1735
22. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1706
1720
1799
1795
23. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1742
1748
1795
1765
24. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1711-1715
1780
1713
1717
25. War of the Polish Succession.
1721
1733
1757
1791
26. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.
1708
1771
1792
1722
27. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1744
1788
1787
1720
28. The 'Great Disaster'
1765
1710
1795
1723
29. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1759
1773
1793
1770
30. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1788
1759
1791
1723
31. The Great Plague of Marseille
1722
1780
1720
1705
32. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1772
1783
1757
1709
33. Camisard Rebellion in France.
1738
1702
1793
1722
34. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1720
1754
1741
1795
35. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1726
1700-1721
1720
1790
36. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1740
1722
1787
1709
37. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1704
1781
1759
1793
38. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1792
1788
1741
1796
39. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1788
1770
1722
1770
40. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1771
1795
1745
1744
41. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1739
1738
1740
1717
42. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1756
1783
1781
1723
43. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1701
1708
1754
1718-1730
44. Polish revolt
1797
1794
1745
1736
45. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1787
1720
1715
1773
46. Upper Canada bans slavery.
1794
1738
1709
1793
47. American Revolutionary War
1775
1713-1714
1771
1721
48. 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.
1792
1721
1762
1708
49. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1736
1773
1709
1701
50. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1740
1799
1794
1736
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