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18th Century Timeline
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1. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1745
1708
1726
1741
2. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1750
1763
1729
1795
3. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1759
1762
1779
1796
4. The French Revolution
1725
1793
1789
1740
5. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1773
1767
1702
1701
6. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1715
1796
1767
1783
7. The 'Great Disaster'
1723
1745
1762
1776
8. War of the Austrian Succession
1771
1799
1783
1740
9. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.
1776
1701
1722
1787
10. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1710-1711
1787
1796
1722
11. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1727
1783
1718-1730
1710-1711
12. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1744
1759
1708
1788
13. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1726
1701
1740
1748
14. Anglo-Spanish War
1708
1769
1727
1781
15. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.
1796
1795
1709
1771
16. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1720
1706
1721
1738
17. The 'Great Disaster'
1723
1730
1758
1791
18. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn
1744
1769
1722
1794
19. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'
1706
1748
1744
1772
20. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1741
1765
1771
1740
21. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1773
1745
1709
1711-1715
22. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1745
1723
1756
1730
23. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1796
1718
1778
1787
24. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1794
1735
1740
1799
25. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1748
1770
1718
1715
26. Polish revolt
1744
1768
1794
1759
27. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1721
1756
1705
1772
28. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1791
1790
1757
1762
29. Polish revolt
1795
1759
1772
1794
30. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1758
1712
1796
1771
31. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1790
1795
1701
1769
32. Russo-Persian War
1712
1722
1712
1736
33. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1750
1722
1715
1789
34. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1773
1771
1710-1711
1789
35. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.
1794
1792
1783
1772
36. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1798
1792
1794
1755
37. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1792
1725
1754
1772
38. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1797
1720
1771
1785
39. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1756
1755
1772
1709
40. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1769
1771
1772
1716
41. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.
1790
1776
1770
1721
42. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1789
1707
1791
1755
43. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1709
1710
1766
1747
44. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1742
1796
1721
1710
45. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1779
1740
1722
1789
46. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1772
1794
1791
1722
47. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1701
1772
1747
1739
48. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1756
1771
1722
1788
49. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1740
1701
1794
1789
50. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.
1755
1799
1748
1730