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18th Century Timeline
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1. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1723
1717
1715
1736
2. The French Revolution
1796
1789
1722
1772
3. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1759
1770
1796
1766
4. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1701
1740
1735
1730
5. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1792
1722
1772
1735
6. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1742
1714
1732
1795
7. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1756
1716
1796
1719
8. The R
1703
1791
1748
1756
9. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1718
1799
1742
1761
10. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1781
1790
1748
1722
11. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1744
1739
1793
1755
12. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1748
1776
1796
1785
13. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1781
1780
1797
1756
14. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1744
1765
1721
1718
15. Polish revolt
1775
1794
1766
1721
16. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1721
1739
1736
1738
17. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1761
1703
1716
1701
18. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1748
1796
1733
1756
19. The 'Great Disaster'
1712
1748
1723
1718-1730
20. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire
1713
1718-1730
1715
1773
21. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
1718
1738
1718-1730
1702
22. The South Sea Bubble
1775
1720
1775
1756
23. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1707
1744
1739
1715
24. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772
1740
1748
1788
1775
25. Russo-Turkish War
1768
1791
1701
1722
26. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1759
1781
1715
1714
27. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1724
1781
1730
1704
28. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1721
1779
1722
1793
29. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1703
1736
1770
1706
30. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1769
1717
1739
1701
31. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1739
1750
1792
1763
32. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1778
1791
1768
1736
33. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).
1773
1796
1718
1799
34. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1776
1720
1712
1704
35. Russo-Turkish War
1795
1778
1787
1769
36. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1715
1740
1763
1787
37. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1765
1720
1773
1748
38. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1707
1799
1738
1701
39. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1744
1788
1792
1763
40. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1715
1767
1775
1771
41. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1788
1748
1730
1780
42. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1799
1778
1740
1798
43. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1790
1718
1712
1750
44. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1757
1788
1710-1711
1780
45. George III became King of Britain.
1760
1707
1711-1715
1747
46. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1799
1781
1708
1772
47. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1740
1769
1755
1789
48. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1787
1707
1780
1705
49. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1715
1754
1787
1770
50. Russo-Turkish War.
1735
1706
1768
1775