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18th Century Timeline
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1. Upper Canada bans slavery.
1793
1735
1790
1758
2. The Haitian Revolution
1791
1754
1713
1706
3. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1759
1770
1787
1756
4. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1773
1781
1712
1720
5. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1794
1765
1708
1795
6. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1757
1773
1769
1709
7. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1707
1744
1785
1789
8. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1740
1793
1710-1711
1760
9. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1778
1795
1788
1796
10. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1773
1708
1744
1722
11. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1773
1795
1714
1754
12. Russo-Turkish War
1706
1730
1768
1799
13. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).
1703
1705
1722
1796
14. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1756
1709
1729
1707
15. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1768
1790
1747
1744
16. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1725
1706
1748
1776
17. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1703
1799
1781
1720
18. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1760
1736
1771
1733
19. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1729
1726
1710
1719
20. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1713-1714
1708
1799
1735
21. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.
1708
1713-1714
1703
1796
22. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1722
1788
1795
1741
23. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1744
1701
1748
1770
24. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1772
1710-1711
1709
1769
25. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains
1738
1772
1720
1709
26. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1700-1721
1783
1772
1703
27. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1712
1704
1707
1773
28. The R
1790
1703
1704
1783
29. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1788
1772
1756
1789
30. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1796
1720
1756
1791
31. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1772
1740
1755
1761
32. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1770
1710-1711
1776
1796
33. T
1779
1778
1787
1722
34. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
1769
1783
1701
1738
35. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire
1709
1715
1718-1730
1736
36. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1788
1770
1701
1722
37. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1760
1791
1701
1712
38. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1713-1714
1747
1732
1703
39. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1778
1722
1714
1702
40. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.
1792
1721
1797
1729
41. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1703
1739
1762
1738
42. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1722
1756
1709
1739
43. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1770
1798
1775
1789
44. Russo-Turkish War
1780
1790
1787
1736
45. 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.
1702
1754
1783
1773
46. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1707
1772
1722
1766
47. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1709
1775
1770
1769
48. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1745
1768
1763
1799
49. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1788
1775
1775
1795
50. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1709
1710-1711
1792
1720