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18th Century Timeline
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1. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1706
1721
1722
1715
2. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1722
1741
1719
1791
3. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1788
1702
1771
1796
4. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1744
1770
1775
1763
5. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1740
1775
1796
1779
6. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1754
1744
1798
1792
7. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1789
1754
1799
1795
8. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1725
1773
1789
1739
9. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1707
1740
1768
1721
10. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1701
1757
1775
1762
11. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1781
1720
1783
1701
12. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1714
1710
1716
1769
13. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1713-1714
1781
1744
1736
14. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1730
1718-1730
1707
1772
15. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1795
1757
1783
1795
16. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1765
1750
1748
1722
17. Revolt in the Vend
1711-1715
1715
1793
1772
18. The Great Plague of Marseille
1796
1711-1715
1720
1708
19. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1793
1787
1773
1718
20. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1788
1707
1705
1748
21. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire
1709
1773
1700-1721
1778
22. Upper Canada bans slavery.
1796
1760
1793
1701
23. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1771
1715
1770
1762
24. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1759
1716
1741
1722
25. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1765
1710-1711
1796
1792
26. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1771
1772
1733
1712
27. Polish revolt
1723
1701
1794
1750
28. Inconfid
1715
1788
1773
1738
29. Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1760
1789
1794
1791
30. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1711-1715
1788
1762
1785
31. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).
1715
1779
1796
1718
32. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1738
1775
1792
1721
33. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1798
1721
1725
1736
34. Revolt in the Vend
1714
1793
1735
1754
35. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1740
1732
1748
1759
36. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1798
1701
1709
1725
37. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1701
1799
1744
1789
38. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1708
1722
1776
1787
39. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1707
1703
1773
1741
40. Russo-Turkish War
1768
1722
1740
1720
41. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1718
1722
1780
1711-1715
42. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1756
1711-1715
1772
1776
43. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1755
1796
1738
1766
44. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1796
1710
1718
1715
45. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1790
1796
1741
1794
46. Inconfid
1788
1772
1739
1733
47. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1772
1701
1744
1755
48. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1714
1729
1724
1794
49. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1758
1715
1790
1771
50. The Great Plague of Marseille
1776
1747
1720
1795