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18th Century Timeline
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1. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1755
1717
1715
1718
2. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1703
1730
1740
1739
3. Anglo-Spanish War
1780
1727
1711-1715
1723
4. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1770
1738
1714
1700-1721
5. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1709
1773
1754
1738
6. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1793
1794
1770
1778
7. The French and Indian War - Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and their allies and the English and their allies. The North American chapter of the Seven Years' War.
1759
1772
1708
1754
8. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1771
1769
1789
1770
9. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1716
1721
1789
1761
10. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1762
1794
1795
1756
11. Upper Canada bans slavery.
1778
1793
1761
1763
12. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1701
1796
1759
1758
13. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1796
1713
1776
1773
14. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1785
1702
1763
1735
15. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.
1759
1721
1726
1703
16. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1741
1740
1755
1796
17. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1772
1738
1776
1773
18. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1773
1796
1718
1769
19. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1791
1727
1776
1763
20. The Great Plague of Marseille
1722
1788
1794
1720
21. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.
1772
1785
1787
1741
22. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1718
1702
1787
1754
23. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi
1763
1725
1792
1770
24. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island
1792
1713
1718
1790
25. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1722
1713
1771
1778
26. Inconfid
1788
1709
1773
1787
27. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1715
1796
1759
1748
28. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1706
1707
1797
1788
29. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1769
1703
1788
1718-1730
30. Polish revolt
1709
1702
1796
1794
31. T
1714
1712
1778
1754
32. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains
1791
1720
1759
1776
33. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1718
1763
1775
1799
34. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1799
1713-1714
1712
1713
35. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1775
1767
1750
1729
36. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1783
1722
1726
1787
37. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1709
1704
1707
1724
38. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1736
1773
1736
1772
39. The Great Plague of Marseille
1722
1735
1720
1793
40. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.
1717
1757
1738
1787
41. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1724
1709
1795
1773
42. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1706
1775
1747
1701
43. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1740
1723
1772
1768
44. Russo-Persian War
1726
1791
1772
1722
45. The South Sea Bubble
1720
1779
1773
1768
46. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1788
1735
1787
1716
47. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1769
1781
1762
1739
48. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1709
1794
1735
1763
49. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1785
1793
1759
1773
50. George III became King of Britain.
1768
1709
1760
1722
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