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18th Century Timeline
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1. Inconfid
1788
1738
1760
1719
2. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1773
1779
1702
1766
3. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1791
1707
1754
1772
4. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1701
1796
1720
1790
5. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1795
1787
1756
1719
6. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1796
1770
1769
1754
7. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1748
1797
1703
1791
8. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1792
1772
1722
1756
9. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1760
1763
1780
1793
10. Russo-Turkish War.
1736
1706
1735
1720
11. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1772
1722
1712
1796
12. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1773
1793
1797
1721
13. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1715
1726
1766
1724
14. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.
1765
1796
1704
1707
15. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1772
1710-1711
1705
1771
16. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1790
1769
1772
1740
17. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1787
1721
1717
1785
18. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1770
1702
1744
1723
19. T
1789
1744
1718-1730
1778
20. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1708
1770
1754
1772
21. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1740
1709
1716
1788
22. Russo-Turkish War
1768
1772
1791
1707
23. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1757
1789
1715
1761
24. The Lisbon earthquake
1790
1791
1755
1701
25. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1794
1769
1727
1796
26. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1792
1778
1757
1787
27. The Haitian Revolution
1710
1703
1759
1791
28. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1729
1744
1756
1701
29. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1701
1771
1741
1729
30. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1718
1707
1738
1740
31. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1714
1781
1799
1701
32. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1788
1735
1773
1772
33. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.
1706
1739
1707
1715
34. Russo-Turkish War.
1721
1797
1706
1735
35. Anglo-Spanish War
1705
1722
1771
1727
36. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1772
1739
1787
1720
37. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1799
1744
1780
1796
38. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1713-1714
1748
1706
1720
39. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn
1763
1747
1722
1787
40. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1769
1787
1722
1707
41. First Anglo-Maratha War
1775
1795
1763
1740
42. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1738
1740
1795
1703
43. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1713
1701
1735
1776
44. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1796
1783
1722
1729
45. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1708
1716
1762
1739
46. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1799
1722
1710
1792
47. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1703
1706
1756
1768
48. War of the Polish Succession.
1775
1718
1733
1707
49. 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.
1742
1794
1767
1756
50. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1707
1772
1789
1795
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