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18th Century Timeline
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1. Inconfid
1768
1709
1788
1791
2. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1776
1710-1711
1795
1707
3. The Haitian Revolution
1711-1715
1791
1795
1794
4. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1721
1783
1739
1781
5. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1721
1772
1740
1722
6. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1790
1772
1799
1730
7. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1726
1772
1776
1719
8. The Great Plague of Marseille
1705
1720
1709
1793
9. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1740
1780
1721
1723
10. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1778
1711-1715
1795
1791
11. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1799
1730
1795
1759
12. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1754
1767
1738
1758
13. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1756
1787
1714
1792
14. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1723
1748
1797
1703
15. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1739
1700-1721
1768
1715
16. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1723
1792
1795
1706
17. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1722
1707
1765
1770
18. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1741
1795
1769
1790
19. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1720
1789
1750
1780
20. Russo-Turkish War.
1772
1715
1735
1740
21. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1785
1707
1738
1721
22. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1793
1787
1710-1711
1778
23. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island
1792
1721
1781
1718
24. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1708
1722
1799
1709
25. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1779
1720
1788
1706
26. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1741
1796
1703
1711-1715
27. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1723
1711-1715
1799
1712
28. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.
1739
1702
1738
1799
29. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1787
1778
1783
1712
30. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire
1780
1750
1745
1718-1730
31. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1789
1762
1701
1793
32. Inconfid
1769
1754
1795
1788
33. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1741
1701
1778
1722
34. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1710-1711
1741
1796
1795
35. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.
1739
1787
1768
1729
36. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1775
1778
1718-1730
1724
37. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1783
1758
1715
1729
38. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1742
1703
1718-1730
1787
39. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1755
1709
1776
1741
40. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1760
1736
1788
1789
41. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1722
1789
1712
1799
42. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1745
1736
1744
1754
43. Cotton mills were first opened in England
1742
1790
1799
1793
44. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn
1722
1719
1706
1769
45. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.
1730
1744
1732
1738
46. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1738
1709
1703
1770
47. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1788
1736
1772
1787
48. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1721
1793
1714
1713-1714
49. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).
1717
1796
1707
1792
50. Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1710
1760
1781
1710-1711