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18th Century Timeline
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1. T
1738
1720
1796
1778
2. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1788
1712
1789
1783
3. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1701
1707
1738
1772
4. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1710-1711
1744
1795
1795
5. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1799
1769
1795
1708
6. American Revolutionary War
1775
1722
1733
1740
7. Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1766
1709
1724
1760
8. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1740
1796
1722
1769
9. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1765
1718
1788
1768
10. 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.
1723
1775
1754
1760
11. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1714
1767
1769
1718-1730
12. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1740
1755
1741
1769
13. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.
1701
1719
1780
1796
14. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.
1795
1709
1796
1780
15. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1799
1755
1740
1793
16. Anglo-Spanish War
1780
1735
1799
1727
17. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1715
1795
1768
1779
18. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1744
1770
1772
1741
19. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1722
1707
1740
1735
20. Russo-Turkish War.
1795
1796
1787
1735
21. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1796
1781
1776
1775
22. 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.
1744
1794
1738
1763
23. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1745
1790
1733
1796
24. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1703
1787
1781
1796
25. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1768
1703
1799
1769
26. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1798
1770
1721
1776
27. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1736
1740
1797
1788
28. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1772
1708
1799
1788
29. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1796
1795
1701
1726
30. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1776
1739
1722
1799
31. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1795
1745
1701
1740
32. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1785
1703
1779
1719
33. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1709
1795
1715
1785
34. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772
1775
1772
1709
1791
35. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1792
1778
1709
1783
36. George III became King of Britain.
1711-1715
1760
1709
1755
37. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1754
1735
1739
1772
38. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1711-1715
1722
1769
1769
39. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1793
1772
1787
1796
40. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire
1718-1730
1715
1792
1701
41. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.
1756
1722
1708
1771
42. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1721
1744
1785
1792
43. Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1760
1792
1775
1713-1714
44. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1722
1741
1721
1796
45. The R
1723
1707
1722
1703
46. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1713-1714
1783
1798
1793
47. The South Sea Bubble
1773
1720
1707
1709
48. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.
1788
1709
1789
1791
49. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1703
1729
1771
1718-1730
50. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.
1763
1756
1773
1787