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18th Century Timeline
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1. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1738
1718-1730
1729
1789
2. Russo-Persian War
1718
1722
1798
1776
3. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1736
1799
1756
1759
4. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1738
1755
1792
1794
5. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1713-1714
1707
1707
1707
6. Polish revolt
1791
1769
1729
1794
7. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1744
1781
1748
1756
8. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1759
1772
1741
1760
9. The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing
1761
1796
1726
1722
10. American Revolutionary War
1787
1775
1730
1727
11. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1735
1796
1757
1772
12. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1744
1757
1726
1794
13. The 'Great Disaster'
1765
1723
1710-1711
1740
14. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1763
1713-1714
1781
1756
15. 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.
1721
1796
1754
1748
16. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1732
1758
1776
1787
17. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1703
1715
1799
1739
18. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1736
1799
1763
1775
19. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1755
1783
1775
1790
20. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1707
1755
1711-1715
1783
21. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).
1739
1796
1745
1726
22. The Great Plague of Marseille
1720
1775
1798
1789
23. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1788
1709
1796
1788
24. Inconfid
1781
1795
1788
1707
25. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1772
1792
1799
1725
26. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1772
1748
1739
1771
27. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1722
1772
1763
1791
28. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1702
1795
1796
1715
29. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1736
1796
1707
1702
30. The Great Plague of Marseille
1716
1720
1770
1709
31. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1723
1794
1707
1762
32. T
1708
1736
1778
1793
33. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1735
1769
1715
1771
34. Revolt in the Vend
1789
1720
1793
1718-1730
35. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1799
1708
1701
1738
36. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1781
1795
1776
1720
37. Russo-Turkish War
1735
1700-1721
1787
1708
38. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1724
1754
1744
1738
39. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1794
1772
1758
1736
40. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1719
1770
1789
1798
41. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1780
1714
1779
1709
42. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1702
1718
1730
1739
43. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1783
1797
1714
1789
44. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1710
1723
1789
1783
45. The French Revolution
1789
1796
1748
1770
46. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1791
1799
1732
1701
47. War of the Polish Succession.
1709
1706
1733
1738
48. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.
1740
1793
1794
1722
49. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1796
1740
1715
1739
50. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1718
1772
1788
1722