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18th Century Timeline
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1. The French Revolution
1794
1789
1767
1708
2. 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.
1769
1794
1769
1708
3. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1796
1792
1790
1709
4. The R
1733
1702
1703
1797
5. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1736
1726
1738
1713-1714
6. Russo-Persian War
1722
1758
1772
1796
7. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1721
1727
1715
1799
8. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1781
1736
1718
1763
9. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1740
1721
1756
1776
10. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1701
1797
1722
1799
11. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1710-1711
1744
1730
1788
12. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1787
1789
1706
1736
13. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1703
1770
1702
1741
14. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1799
1714
1783
1710
15. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1713
1788
1794
1793
16. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1793
1748
1740
1790
17. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1736
1761
1713
1722
18. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1711-1715
1757
1705
1710
19. First Anglo-Maratha War
1794
1771
1769
1775
20. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1772
1708
1714
1745
21. Inconfid
1788
1781
1775
1785
22. Camisard Rebellion in France.
1756
1772
1702
1721
23. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1794
1792
1795
1744
24. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1735
1740
1750
1708
25. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1788
1795
1740
1732
26. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1797
1776
1783
1763
27. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.
1780
1707
1796
1718-1730
28. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1788
1796
1771
1721
29. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1771
1741
1766
1716
30. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1735
1703
1748
1733
31. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1783
1701
1796
1771
32. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1741
1791
1789
1712
33. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1789
1796
1758
1706
34. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1769
1773
1745
1718
35. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1736
1754
1770
1794
36. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1740
1741
1772
1772
37. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1799
1713-1714
1783
1796
38. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1701
1758
1787
1719
39. The Great Plague of Marseille
1772
1773
1773
1720
40. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1769
1727
1799
1755
41. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1709
1756
1708
1796
42. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1718-1730
1730
1779
1735
43. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1795
1722
1788
1739
44. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1713-1714
1756
1742
1799
45. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1701
1762
1794
1748
46. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1797
1740
1710
1773
47. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1798
1763
1795
1795
48. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1739
1710-1711
1716
1776
49. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1700-1721
1768
1795
1799
50. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War
1772
1793
1789
1736