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18th Century Timeline
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1. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1721
1792
1747
1778
2. Polish revolt
1783
1722
1794
1765
3. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1701
1740
1718
1755
4. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1729
1702
1769
1721
5. The Haitian Revolution
1791
1748
1768
1720
6. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1730
1722
1708
1795
7. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1708
1799
1701
1740
8. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1794
1781
1744
1702
9. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1787
1769
1799
1718
10. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1760
1742
1758
1703
11. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1781
1703
1795
1770
12. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu
1769
1771
1791
1713-1714
13. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1790
1713-1714
1795
1772
14. The 'Great Disaster'
1707
1776
1723
1740
15. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1799
1780
1776
1778
16. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1795
1701
1702
1719
17. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.
1754
1717
1702
1792
18. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1754
1705
1792
1781
19. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1704
1717
1763
1789
20. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1799
1720
1795
1708
21. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1787
1713
1741
1708
22. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.
1720
1715
1730
1787
23. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.
1787
1760
1708
1796
24. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War
1739
1781
1748
1738
25. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1787
1770
1783
1788
26. The Lisbon earthquake
1794
1727
1735
1755
27. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.
1772
1790
1799
1796
28. Russo-Turkish War
1795
1768
1780
1736
29. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.
1706
1713
1703
1791
30. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1745
1773
1738
1763
31. The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing
1718
1759
1762
1726
32. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I
1772
1704
1703
1701
33. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America
1799
1718
1772
1710-1711
34. The R
1703
1796
1771
1762
35. The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing
1719
1726
1720
1725
36. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1722
1742
1799
1744
37. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1772
1788
1795
1706
38. Russo-Turkish War
1744
1736
1768
1796
39. The Lisbon earthquake
1721
1740
1794
1755
40. Peak of the Little Ice Age
1718
1735
1742
1750
41. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1796
1713-1714
1735
1721
42. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1722
1735
1797
1799
43. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1771
1799
1769
1759
44. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1756
1772
1755
1714
45. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.
1706
1770
1715
1760
46. Cotton mills were first opened in England
1727
1763
1742
1796
47. 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.
1720
1794
1773
1744
48. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1727
1781
1795
1703
49. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1795
1701
1768
1799
50. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.
1799
1756
1798
1759