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18th Century Timeline
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1. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1799
1757
1709
1738
2. The R
1707
1733
1703
1716
3. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1755
1715
1759
1765
4. War of the Austrian Succession
1726
1794
1739
1740
5. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1759
1700-1721
1748
1715
6. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'
1772
1700-1721
1707
1747
7. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1703
1772
1755
1709
8. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1706
1736
1719
1757
9. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1772
1703
1769
1707
10. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1721
1795
1780
1715
11. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1790
1788
1713-1714
1778
12. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1702
1717
1799
1736
13. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1740
1732
1799
1754
14. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1708
1779
1796
1778
15. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1767
1759
1701
1704
16. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1767
1787
1730
1718-1730
17. Cotton mills were first opened in England
1722
1742
1788
1776
18. The French Revolution
1775
1772
1763
1789
19. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1796
1722
1718
1775
20. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1709
1756
1795
1770
21. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1702
1719
1763
1707
22. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1711-1715
1720
1796
1757
23. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.
1757
1767
1787
1772
24. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1742
1795
1780
1785
25. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1791
1793
1715
1795
26. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1744
1740
1710
1741
27. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1703
1796
1724
1706
28. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1792
1711-1715
1791
1748
29. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.
1730
1785
1796
1736
30. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi
1775
1701
1729
1763
31. First Anglo-Maratha War
1739
1789
1775
1763
32. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1795
1791
1781
1773
33. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1733
1781
1787
1758
34. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1712
1759
1710
1795
35. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1788
1713-1714
1770
1705
36. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1789
1701
1745
1722
37. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.
1776
1726
1794
1765
38. Cotton mills were first opened in England
1792
1742
1718
1732
39. The R
1713-1714
1716
1778
1703
40. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1715
1761
1735
1738
41. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1798
1796
1748
1710
42. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.
1739
1775
1715
1792
43. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession
1713
1783
1721
1796
44. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1778
1781
1744
1788
45. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire
1769
1700-1721
1781
1783
46. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1796
1771
1781
1791
47. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1771
1799
1718-1730
1744
48. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1708
1787
1795
1736
49. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1757
1703
1744
1704
50. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1791
1775
1792
1704