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18th Century Timeline
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1. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire
1702
1717
1700-1721
1795
2. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1722
1708
1716
1707
3. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1788
1754
1721
1775
4. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1736
1706
1738
1755
5. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1754
1795
1719
1711-1715
6. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1740
1718-1730
1755
1744
7. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1748
1740
1710-1711
1718-1730
8. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1710
1701
1770
1724
9. The Great Plague of Marseille
1720
1775
1724
1763
10. The R
1703
1788
1772
1776
11. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1738
1779
1765
1720
12. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1767
1754
1793
1709
13. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1769
1756
1705
1771
14. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1756
1720
1715
1718-1730
15. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1726
1747
1771
1730
16. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.
1721
1787
1772
1770
17. The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the EastIndies and English Company Trading to the EastIndies merged to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the EastIndies.
1708
1721
1755
1748
18. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1769
1787
1768
1796
19. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.
1772
1740
1796
1771
20. War of the Austrian Succession
1791
1794
1740
1754
21. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1787
1708
1715
1730
22. Revolt in the Vend
1787
1793
1713-1714
1740
23. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1707
1790
1702
1795
24. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1792
1709
1740
1772
25. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1701
1796
1783
1769
26. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1773
1726
1718
1793
27. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1788
1763
1709
1770
28. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1716
1727
1704
1721
29. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1783
1763
1708
1701
30. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1785
1703
1748
1709
31. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1744
1722
1772
1783
32. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.
1707
1779
1765
1730
33. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1725
1795
1767
1741
34. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1769
1708
1796
1763
35. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1721
1795
1776
1767
36. The South Sea Bubble
1745
1708
1721
1720
37. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1762
1787
1793
1791
38. 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.
1773
1742
1794
1715
39. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.
1795
1744
1791
1736
40. Camisard Rebellion in France.
1775
1702
1773
1766
41. T
1718
1778
1702
1772
42. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1702
1772
1796
1744
43. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1772
1788
1738
1740
44. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1758
1739
1736
1733
45. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1745
1762
1795
1772
46. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1726
1740
1707
1748
47. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War
1710
1788
1772
1715
48. Camisard Rebellion in France.
1702
1757
1740
1787
49. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1744
1788
1799
1788
50. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1763
1776
1723
1780
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