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18th Century Timeline
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1. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1740
1741
1720
1716
2. Cotton mills were first opened in England
1720
1772
1718-1730
1742
3. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1709
1713-1714
1742
1740
4. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1750
1732
1787
1721
5. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1702
1792
1703
1736
6. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1702
1720
1715
1787
7. The Great Plague of Marseille
1760
1720
1725
1732
8. The French Revolution
1799
1779
1789
1732
9. Anglo-Spanish War
1769
1795
1727
1755
10. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1793
1709
1732
1718
11. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1772
1709
1787
1720
12. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1722
1785
1702
1715
13. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1755
1795
1771
1787
14. Revolt in the Vend
1761
1735
1793
1740
15. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1795
1741
1732
1798
16. 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.
1702
1787
1785
1787
17. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1738
1788
1793
1763
18. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1791
1798
1778
1735
19. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1738
1709
1795
1742
20. Russo-Turkish War
1735
1741
1768
1772
21. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1713-1714
1788
1717
1744
22. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1788
1770
1736
1708
23. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1705
1707
1701
1768
24. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1711-1715
1725
1721
1707
25. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1710-1711
1795
1701
1718
26. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1794
1798
1799
1744
27. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1781
1730
1708
1787
28. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1755
1703
1773
1794
29. Russo-Turkish War
1709
1787
1788
1739
30. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1795
1736
1797
1799
31. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1787
1788
1779
1722
32. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1721
1760
1738
1778
33. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1721
1772
1741
1785
34. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772
1790
1775
1779
1755
35. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1738
1791
1750
1744
36. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1772
1793
1735
1792
37. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1710-1711
1744
1798
1732
38. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1799
1794
1773
1770
39. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1719
1748
1744
1738
40. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1735
1718-1730
1745
1793
41. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1783
1761
1788
1788
42. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1715
1741
1799
1772
43. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1709
1718-1730
1756
1712
44. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1798
1709
1796
1724
45. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1798
1739
1720
1779
46. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1713-1714
1771
1799
1768
47. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1722
1799
1736
1796
48. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1792
1769
1756
1702
49. George III became King of Britain.
1799
1796
1707
1760
50. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1724
1794
1713-1714
1708