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18th Century Timeline
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1. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1772
1755
1788
1733
2. The Lisbon earthquake
1748
1755
1747
1707
3. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772
1754
1701
1738
1775
4. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1735
1787
1744
1776
5. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1798
1715
1795
1724
6. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1763
1716
1763
1788
7. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1770
1772
1785
1790
8. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1791
1793
1723
1707
9. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1798
1796
1795
1790
10. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1788
1741
1701
1756
11. The French Revolution
1789
1793
1742
1739
12. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1741
1747
1762
1718
13. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1706
1709
1792
1721
14. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1795
1790
1788
1715
15. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1778
1739
1740
1790
16. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'
1772
1703
1795
1781
17. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1747
1738
1788
1715
18. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1736
1754
1769
1710
19. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1759
1721
1793
1775
20. The Haitian Revolution
1794
1791
1723
1781
21. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1747
1771
1772
1799
22. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1740
1756
1719
1710-1711
23. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1794
1715
1791
1740
24. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1792
1709
1745
1755
25. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1735
1718
1748
1721
26. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1792
1722
1769
1772
27. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1716
1736
1795
1765
28. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1756
1760
1772
1722
29. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1739
1783
1773
1798
30. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1799
1755
1783
1795
31. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1741
1778
1715
1738
32. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1740
1755
1783
1772
33. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1798
1704
1703
1766
34. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1796
1722
1747
1767
35. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1723
1748
1744
1768
36. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1788
1709
1762
1707
37. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1788
1755
1722
1772
38. Russo-Turkish War.
1775
1735
1718
1795
39. 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.
1785
1787
1779
1732
40. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1718-1730
1758
1769
1792
41. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1759
1707
1736
1790
42. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1707
1750
1796
1729
43. The South Sea Bubble
1708
1720
1725
1771
44. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1793
1748
1721
1750
45. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1787
1740
1756
1795
46. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1736
1744
1724
1718
47. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1795
1732
1712
1772
48. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1771
1772
1724
1768
49. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1791
1756
1799
1783
50. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1760
1794
1732
1795
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