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18th Century Timeline
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1. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1793
1744
1721
1754
2. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession
1713
1755
1744
1785
3. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1730
1741
1724
1750
4. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1799
1735
1776
1721
5. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1787
1796
1773
1795
6. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1718-1730
1741
1761
1798
7. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1797
1783
1775
1773
8. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement
1722
1740
1783
1772
9. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1779
1773
1714
1794
10. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1740
1727
1732
1742
11. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1771
1722
1741
1796
12. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1730
1722
1783
1772
13. T
1769
1707
1739
1778
14. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1776
1719
1795
1739
15. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.
1722
1730
1755
1757
16. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1799
1788
1792
1771
17. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1799
1740
1785
1722
18. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1780
1710-1711
1708
1796
19. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1718
1788
1791
1798
20. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance
1707
1702
1717
1773
21. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1791
1796
1791
1710-1711
22. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1787
1726
1763
1795
23. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1716
1706
1722
1776
24. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.
1769
1732
1744
1707
25. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1771
1770
1790
1772
26. Imam Sheikh Mansur - a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic - led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian invaders.
1707
1799
1785
1729
27. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1724
1748
1704
1772
28. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.
1720
1781
1744
1705
29. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1707
1769
1758
1794
30. Polish revolt
1792
1778
1794
1781
31. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1768
1715
1722
1730
32. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1755
1791
1794
1713
33. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire
1799
1792
1700-1721
1793
34. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession
1793
1713
1765
1738
35. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1799
1722
1744
1732
36. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire
1718-1730
1757
1769
1758
37. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1755
1794
1775
1770
38. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1791
1772
1783
1739
39. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1738
1794
1700-1721
1788
40. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1759
1773
1721
1796
41. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.
1732
1723
1707
1773
42. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1778
1755
1785
1798
43. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.
1715
1797
1789
1707
44. Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1780
1706
1722
1755
45. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1730
1799
1762
1712
46. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1719
1744
1724
1713-1714
47. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1785
1795
1738
1788
48. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1768
1772
1771
1748
49. Upper Canada bans slavery.
1722
1793
1720
1788
50. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1733
1798
1711-1715
1772