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18th Century Timeline
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1. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1790
1770
1710
1793
2. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1771
1795
1723
1735
3. 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.
1780
1754
1787
1701
4. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1722
1701
1772
1763
5. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1718
1721
1772
1722
6. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.
1796
1740
1780
1742
7. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1710-1711
1799
1788
1783
8. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1755
1768
1757
1723
9. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1771
1792
1795
1720
10. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1744
1772
1788
1707
11. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1708
1799
1754
1740
12. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1720
1788
1799
1742
13. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1712
1798
1722
1793
14. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1765
1707
1772
1725
15. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1795
1735
1787
1748
16. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1704
1722
1796
1709
17. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire
1756
1718-1730
1700-1721
1789
18. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1770
1791
1771
1721
19. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1724
1787
1740
1776
20. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1739
1769
1745
1702
21. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'
1772
1754
1796
1732
22. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1772
1783
1706
1778
23. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire
1758
1789
1700-1721
1716
24. First Anglo-Maratha War
1791
1709
1775
1796
25. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1722
1795
1778
1732
26. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1770
1788
1721
1780
27. Russo-Turkish War.
1736
1735
1715
1701
28. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1757
1773
1788
1792
29. War of the Austrian Succession
1769
1740
1791
1723
30. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1760
1781
1736
1785
31. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1776
1754
1766
1709
32. The Great Plague of Marseille
1720
1733
1796
1772
33. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.
1722
1796
1707
1769
34. Inconfid
1740
1788
1733
1787
35. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1722
1791
1708
1755
36. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1789
1761
1721
1760
37. The R
1707
1756
1773
1703
38. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1713-1714
1772
1722
1791
39. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1791
1798
1740
1744
40. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1783
1707
1722
1720
41. The South Sea Bubble
1799
1715
1787
1720
42. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1709
1742
1740
1783
43. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1796
1788
1778
1748
44. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1709
1797
1745
1722
45. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1744
1796
1761
1755
46. Cotton mills were first opened in England
1771
1736
1742
1707
47. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1710-1711
1715
1720
1721
48. The 'Great Disaster'
1723
1788
1703
1778
49. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1707
1738
1799
1798
50. The Haitian Revolution
1785
1769
1791
1721