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18th Century Timeline
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1. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1739
1738
1778
1798
2. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1756
1720
1792
1795
3. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1701
1791
1717
1735
4. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1738
1702
1754
1709
5. 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.
1721
1758
1785
1739
6. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1738
1712
1788
1790
7. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1788
1781
1718
1765
8. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1741
1736
1741
1740
9. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1740
1787
1793
1739
10. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1795
1710
1713
1738
11. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1722
1768
1799
1763
12. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War
1769
1772
1797
1795
13. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1772
1715
1719
1738
14. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1762
1783
1769
1775
15. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1721
1792
1712
1796
16. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1718
1715
1739
1710
17. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island
1718
1748
1771
1722
18. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1724
1770
1792
1715
19. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1740
1718
1720
1756
20. T
1707
1796
1783
1778
21. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1787
1721
1799
1785
22. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1793
1705
1788
1762
23. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1759
1783
1703
1719
24. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1738
1701
1735
1732
25. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.
1780
1707
1797
1744
26. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1722
1794
1715
1793
27. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1772
1722
1735
1794
28. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1762
1701
1781
1790
29. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1704
1795
1795
1744
30. 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.
1788
1794
1717
1747
31. Inconfid
1765
1795
1788
1709
32. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1795
1798
1717
1783
33. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1715
1756
1745
1767
34. 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.
1740
1730
1766
1708
35. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1798
1722
1790
1795
36. Anglo-Spanish War
1735
1773
1778
1727
37. Camisard Rebellion in France.
1702
1715
1718-1730
1776
38. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1700-1721
1747
1745
1715
39. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1736
1713
1799
1769
40. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1773
1799
1792
1760
41. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire
1792
1795
1718-1730
1711-1715
42. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1767
1730
1701
1729
43. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1787
1711-1715
1763
1799
44. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1799
1718
1783
1720
45. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1789
1791
1775
1723
46. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1701
1799
1783
1724
47. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1791
1718
1709
1705
48. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1788
1768
1792
1760
49. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1773
1794
1792
1760
50. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
1721
1738
1772
1760