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18th Century Timeline
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1. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1707
1756
1793
1739
2. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1789
1759
1721
1724
3. The 'Great Disaster'
1741
1723
1769
1755
4. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1783
1796
1772
1706
5. The Haitian Revolution
1791
1720
1736
1738
6. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1794
1709
1769
1701
7. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1763
1788
1727
1740
8. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1736
1781
1796
1710
9. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1759
1738
1756
1722
10. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1706
1785
1790
1735
11. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1730
1722
1790
1742
12. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1765
1798
1767
1744
13. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1748
1779
1730
1724
14. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1740
1772
1793
1792
15. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1767
1769
1755
1799
16. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1795
1768
1721
1778
17. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1792
1787
1721
1772
18. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1730
1771
1748
1791
19. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1787
1799
1704
1710
20. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1709
1750
1787
1704
21. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1796
1739
1755
1714
22. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1715
1722
1796
1792
23. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1716
1736
1701
1789
24. Russo-Turkish War.
1735
1791
1761
1755
25. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1765
1770
1790
1744
26. George III became King of Britain.
1778
1787
1755
1760
27. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.
1769
1718
1787
1739
28. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1738
1799
1717
1701
29. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1792
1775
1795
1748
30. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1772
1744
1796
1701
31. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1701
1703
1758
1736
32. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1738
1769
1769
1739
33. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1748
1701
1713-1714
1725
34. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1796
1778
1740
1776
35. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
1778
1738
1755
1775
36. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1707
1709
1720
1766
37. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1720
1742
1708
1703
38. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1741
1794
1773
1707
39. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1762
1787
1718-1730
1722
40. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1794
1790
1756
1715
41. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1720
1714
1796
1701
42. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1721
1796
1738
1747
43. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia
1793
1756
1722
1775
44. Polish revolt
1790
1788
1799
1794
45. T
1772
1709
1778
1738
46. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1718-1730
1740
1772
1794
47. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1795
1703
1709
1715
48. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1756
1722
1763
1783
49. Russo-Turkish War
1790
1787
1700-1721
1715
50. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1781
1701
1718
1744