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18th Century Timeline
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1. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War
1719
1772
1791
1788
2. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1765
1795
1705
1755
3. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1718-1730
1789
1740
1766
4. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains
1776
1789
1720
1708
5. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1799
1744
1776
1707
6. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I
1710
1762
1717
1701
7. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1799
1792
1702
1709
8. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1760
1793
1718
1798
9. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1741
1754
1742
1730
10. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1715
1709
1703
1791
11. First Anglo-Maratha War
1707
1775
1721
1789
12. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1795
1762
1772
1727
13. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1754
1712
1772
1769
14. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.
1739
1787
1747
1793
15. 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
1792
1708
1763
16. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1787
1793
1771
1769
17. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1799
1729
1740
1795
18. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island
1718
1735
1716
1789
19. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1708
1798
1779
1701
20. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1787
1707
1744
1712
21. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1792
1750
1799
1772
22. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1755
1772
1766
1736
23. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.
1796
1722
1799
1735
24. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1756
1765
1781
1732
25. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1740
1778
1793
1795
26. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1799
1775
1796
1791
27. 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.
1710-1711
1792
1741
1785
28. 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.
1776
1726
1708
1709
29. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1718
1770
1722
1703
30. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1772
1741
1730
1778
31. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1791
1713
1723
1700-1721
32. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1715
1736
1781
1765
33. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1785
1792
1789
1725
34. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1740
1794
1730
1795
35. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1773
1702
1714
1710-1711
36. George III became King of Britain.
1783
1768
1760
1795
37. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1711-1715
1795
1744
1738
38. Russo-Turkish War.
1772
1738
1735
1732
39. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1738
1725
1760
1796
40. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1778
1796
1776
1790
41. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1747
1757
1701
1789
42. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1783
1773
1756
1744
43. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1771
1704
1796
1729
44. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1796
1795
1726
1738
45. The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing
1720
1738
1726
1770
46. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1722
1762
1790
1794
47. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1754
1701
1799
1718-1730
48. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1791
1783
1798
1721
49. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1735
1706
1790
1758
50. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.
1778
1792
1795
1733