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18th Century Timeline
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1. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1759
1770
1733
1795
2. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.
1709
1770
1721
1775
3. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1783
1795
1781
1722
4. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1709
1725
1739
1707
5. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1772
1735
1720
1767
6. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island
1735
1718
1793
1707
7. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1715
1701
1723
1797
8. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn
1722
1740
1718-1730
1759
9. American Revolutionary War
1775
1766
1763
1710
10. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1771
1780
1767
1799
11. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.
1796
1707
1748
1720
12. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1721
1798
1736
1700-1721
13. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1738
1724
1798
1722
14. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I
1795
1707
1701
1750
15. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1768
1760
1796
1740
16. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1794
1792
1783
1762
17. The Lisbon earthquake
1755
1748
1724
1740
18. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1788
1761
1792
1723
19. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1798
1768
1775
1759
20. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1756
1738
1713
1719
21. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1755
1775
1730
1703
22. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1702
1730
1776
1744
23. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1773
1740
1780
1775
24. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1708
1722
1768
1772
25. Inconfid
1713
1799
1788
1741
26. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1793
1710
1766
1754
27. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1796
1706
1725
1741
28. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1742
1772
1783
1730
29. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1795
1795
1701
1755
30. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1732
1781
1701
1772
31. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1723
1766
1768
1792
32. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.
1769
1796
1715
1720
33. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1700-1721
1772
1795
1732
34. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1794
1788
1763
1717
35. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1713-1714
1799
1783
1790
36. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1754
1771
1709
1738
37. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1760
1729
1757
1735
38. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1740
1738
1783
1739
39. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1702
1795
1772
1787
40. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1763
1701
1794
1756
41. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1713
1709
1796
1794
42. 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
1717
1701
1733
43. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn
1748
1795
1757
1722
44. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1773
1796
1738
1704
45. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1781
1721
1790
1776
46. Russo-Turkish War
1778
1768
1735
1767
47. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1739
1772
1799
1701
48. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1778
1789
1758
1712
49. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1759
1788
1704
1706
50. The South Sea Bubble
1701
1713
1720
1756
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