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18th Century Timeline
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1. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1759
1715
1778
1730
2. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1754
1772
1739
1791
3. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
1788
1794
1708
1738
4. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.
1714
1792
1787
1778
5. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains
1725
1738
1793
1720
6. Russo-Turkish War.
1747
1768
1735
1701
7. Anglo-Spanish War
1755
1795
1755
1727
8. T
1783
1789
1778
1771
9. 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
1791
1773
1705
10. Inconfid
1763
1740
1797
1788
11. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1773
1750
1701
1796
12. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1709
1781
1710-1711
1770
13. The French Revolution
1792
1719
1707
1789
14. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1720
1721
1703
1798
15. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1795
1790
1794
1706
16. Russo-Turkish War
1768
1735
1741
1772
17. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.
1701
1788
1789
1775
18. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1799
1773
1781
1741
19. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1773
1789
1709
1783
20. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1738
1756
1794
1722
21. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1799
1798
1770
1709
22. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains
1747
1762
1713-1714
1720
23. The French Revolution
1702
1703
1740
1789
24. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1723
1705
1754
1794
25. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.
1795
1794
1707
1789
26. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1788
1703
1735
1706
27. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1710-1711
1772
1791
1772
28. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1701
1721
1738
1722
29. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1756
1790
1721
1799
30. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1725
1771
1788
1770
31. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1772
1785
1738
1762
32. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1729
1763
1739
1795
33. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1787
1741
1716
1747
34. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1765
1750
1794
1732
35. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1771
1754
1778
1738
36. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1706
1776
1788
1740
37. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1796
1796
1702
1778
38. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1709
1739
1771
1773
39. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1701
1783
1709
1741
40. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1708
1781
1791
1707
41. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1778
1788
1722
1794
42. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1721
1715
1722
1745
43. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1702
1783
1799
1793
44. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1799
1783
1792
1797
45. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1707
1799
1773
1799
46. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1715
1793
1779
1783
47. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1792
1781
1791
1799
48. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1715
1722
1740
1730
49. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.
1711-1715
1709
1794
1769
50. American Revolutionary War
1707
1775
1781
1761