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18th Century Timeline
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1. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1756
1796
1799
1726
2. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1718
1723
1720
1794
3. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1769
1740
1792
1794
4. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1769
1757
1788
1755
5. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1769
1781
1789
1765
6. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1757
1776
1772
1713
7. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1721
1702
1701
1797
8. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.
1763
1738
1796
1735
9. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1771
1766
1795
1758
10. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1773
1707
1730
1729
11. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1763
1718
1721
1769
12. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1721
1775
1796
1792
13. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1715
1795
1798
1759
14. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1730
1769
1792
1721
15. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1745
1799
1710
1718-1730
16. American Revolutionary War
1773
1715
1757
1775
17. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1709
1739
1755
1772
18. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn
1715
1722
1795
1714
19. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1795
1759
1703
1705
20. George III became King of Britain.
1711-1715
1760
1740
1778
21. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1788
1736
1722
1762
22. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1740
1747
1760
1714
23. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1775
1720
1758
1736
24. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1787
1779
1799
1758
25. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1773
1781
1719
1797
26. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1707
1769
1791
1744
27. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1720
1791
1796
1789
28. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1771
1719
1722
1744
29. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1791
1703
1760
1795
30. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1778
1773
1748
1772
31. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1711-1715
1720
1763
1735
32. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1701
1755
1797
1783
33. 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
1796
1726
1758
1768
34. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1748
1744
1799
1742
35. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1741
1736
1799
1799
36. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1769
1780
1778
1741
37. Revolt in the Vend
1740
1793
1755
1770
38. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1715
1740
1799
1789
39. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1755
1725
1793
1727
40. 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
1711-1715
1756
1726
1769
41. Inconfid
1781
1788
1766
1794
42. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1722
1756
1740
1703
43. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1787
1790
1721
1725
44. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1745
1722
1707
1701
45. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War
1706
1735
1772
1704
46. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1738
1799
1729
1756
47. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1785
1754
1793
1721
48. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1721
1738
1795
1789
49. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1779
1721
1747
1748
50. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1709
1744
1701
1721