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18th Century Timeline
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1. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1791
1736
1715
1778
2. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1748
1729
1788
1756
3. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1756
1727
1708
1766
4. Russo-Turkish War
1700-1721
1792
1787
1762
5. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1722
1795
1730
1775
6. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1790
1748
1700-1721
1775
7. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1772
1705
1741
1773
8. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1722
1710-1711
1798
1781
9. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1795
1707
1794
1736
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1772
1778
1718
1796
11. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1719
1790
1779
1715
12. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1783
1729
1722
1788
13. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1767
1793
1709
1798
14. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1795
1790
1709
1702
15. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1720
1736
1708
1765
16. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.
1730
1761
1798
1736
17. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1771
1767
1756
1722
18. The 'Great Disaster'
1748
1723
1701
1757
19. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1773
1703
1712
1796
20. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi
1763
1792
1714
1708
21. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1769
1760
1781
1765
22. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1781
1771
1760
1768
23. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1701
1795
1724
1712
24. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1739
1791
1773
1785
25. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1713-1714
1709
1793
1725
26. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1714
1756
1718
1712
27. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1755
1789
1796
1795
28. 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.
1702
1702
1785
1769
29. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1701
1794
1745
1763
30. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War
1761
1709
1772
1740
31. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1701
1776
1768
1762
32. The French Revolution
1787
1776
1718
1789
33. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1770
1792
1710
1721
34. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1709
1763
1740
1708
35. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1733
1707
1795
1709
36. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1792
1794
1791
1772
37. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1769
1745
1722
1755
38. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island
1795
1781
1718
1795
39. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1795
1740
1796
1721
40. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi
1707
1726
1795
1763
41. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1727
1763
1740
1772
42. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1738
1722
1719
1795
43. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1792
1722
1748
1744
44. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire
1718-1730
1792
1721
1790
45. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1756
1796
1705
1771
46. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1703
1738
1795
1770
47. The South Sea Bubble
1766
1736
1720
1719
48. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1775
1723
1718
1742
49. The French Revolution
1799
1768
1715
1789
50. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1709
1718
1739
1778