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18th Century Timeline
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1. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1710
1702
1738
1742
2. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1706
1754
1783
1799
3. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.
1721
1730
1702
1744
4. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1709
1718-1730
1790
1762
5. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1780
1772
1721
1788
6. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1721
1772
1769
1722
7. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession
1713
1735
1767
1792
8. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt
1794
1770
1776
1739
9. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.
1789
1769
1724
1768
10. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1772
1739
1762
1791
11. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1722
1721
1792
1714
12. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island
1718
1792
1714
1703
13. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1709
1714
1727
1788
14. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1795
1768
1702
1788
15. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1742
1703
1794
1787
16. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1721
1740
1740
1744
17. The Haitian Revolution
1799
1791
1702
1773
18. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1799
1739
1744
1706
19. Anglo-Spanish War
1727
1709
1701
1710
20. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1722
1733
1709
1776
21. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1776
1715
1707
1709
22. Camisard Rebellion in France.
1796
1702
1729
1794
23. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1740
1750
1771
1756
24. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1799
1761
1788
1725
25. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1760
1714
1704
1799
26. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1797
1775
1719
1722
27. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1787
1758
1720
1766
28. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
1776
1789
1738
1721
29. Russo-Turkish War.
1720
1735
1729
1795
30. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn
1722
1799
1715
1754
31. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1741
1772
1709
1739
32. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1709
1740
1718
1723
33. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1772
1730
1721
1720
34. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1772
1747
1704
1738
35. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1761
1778
1755
1769
36. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1765
1761
1762
1796
37. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.
1772
1715
1730
1702
38. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1769
1709
1775
1748
39. First French Quaker community established in Cong
1788
1763
1740
1738
40. Russo-Turkish War.
1733
1711-1715
1705
1735
41. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1778
1707
1715
1776
42. The R
1703
1783
1778
1788
43. War of the Polish Succession.
1733
1713-1714
1780
1759
44. 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.
1794
1799
1788
1718
45. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1735
1789
1798
1720
46. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I
1769
1796
1716
1701
47. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1796
1723
1791
1740
48. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1799
1798
1739
1719
49. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1720
1778
1787
1799
50. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1735
1722
1754
1770