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18th Century Timeline
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1. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1745
1792
1769
1789
2. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.
1738
1744
1713-1714
1787
3. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1785
1791
1796
1789
4. First Anglo-Maratha War
1707
1718
1783
1775
5. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1744
1771
1702
1795
6. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1754
1793
1705
1769
7. The 'Great Disaster'
1723
1799
1701
1795
8. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1715
1708
1708
1775
9. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1710
1730
1787
1763
10. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1788
1710-1711
1770
1793
11. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1703
1781
1714
1707
12. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1770
1722
1796
1715
13. 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.
1704
1788
1708
1796
14. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1767
1726
1792
1781
15. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1795
1708
1791
1793
16. T
1722
1740
1700-1721
1778
17. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1799
1798
1712
1740
18. Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1760
1772
1788
1792
19. Inconfid
1738
1701
1788
1709
20. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1798
1744
1715
1720
21. American Revolutionary War
1788
1775
1744
1779
22. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1719
1715
1783
1791
23. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1713
1710
1707
1768
24. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1798
1713-1714
1770
1724
25. Revolt in the Vend
1793
1795
1763
1736
26. Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1733
1760
1707
1723
27. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1708
1765
1783
1776
28. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1785
1718
1713-1714
1772
29. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1788
1756
1722
1790
30. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1713-1714
1798
1727
1778
31. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'
1735
1796
1772
1779
32. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1795
1789
1770
1738
33. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1780
1701
1738
1722
34. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1754
1721
1707
1778
35. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1709
1739
1772
1700-1721
36. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1715
1750
1792
1799
37. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772
1799
1785
1785
1775
38. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1794
1717
1787
1715
39. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1710
1766
1778
1719
40. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1794
1763
1772
1793
41. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1790
1767
1781
1703
42. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1797
1773
1710-1711
1738
43. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1722
1725
1773
1791
44. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1789
1768
1733
1794
45. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1738
1744
1704
1712
46. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1709
1788
1722
1794
47. The Lisbon earthquake
1755
1703
1735
1740
48. 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.
1785
1718-1730
1711-1715
1715
49. The French Revolution
1795
1788
1775
1789
50. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1745
1769
1779
1707