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18th century - 1700s. 1701-1714: War of the Spanish Succession 1703: Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918. 1707: Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments, thus establishing The Kingdom of Great Britain. 1707: After Aurangzeb's death, the Mughal Empire enters a long decline. 18th century - 1710s. 1715: Louis XIV dies 1718: City of New Orleans founde ...

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18th century - Events

18th century - 1700s

1701-1714: War of the Spanish Succession
1703: Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1707: Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments, thus establishing The Kingdom of Great Britain.
1707: After Aurangzeb's death, the Mughal Empire enters a long decline.

18th century - 1710s

1715: Louis XIV dies
1718: City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America

18th century - 1720s

1720: The South Sea Bubble
1721: Robert Walpole becomes the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto).
1721: Treaty of Nystad signed, ending the Great Northern War.
1722: Afghans conquer Iran, ending the Safavid dynasty.
1722: Kangxi Emperor of China dies.

18th century - 1730s

1733-38: War of the Polish Succession
1735-99: The Qianlong Emperor of China oversees a huge expansion in territory.
1736: Nadir Shah assumes title of Shah of Persia and founds the Afsharid dynasty. Rules until his death in 1747.
1739: Nadir Shah defeats the Mughals and sacks Delhi.

18th century - 1740s

1740: Frederick the Great crowned King of Prussia.
1740-48: War of the Austrian Succession
1741: Russians begin settling the Aleutian Islands.
1747: Ahmad Shah founds the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan.

18th century - 1750s

1750: peak of the Little Ice Age
1755: The Lisbon earthquake
1756-63: Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1757: Battle of Plassey signals the beginning of British rule in India.

18th century - 1760s

1760: George III becomes King of Britain.
1762-96: Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.
1763-66: Pontiac's Rebellion in North America
1766-99: Anglo-Mysore Wars
1767: Burmese conquer the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1768: Gurkhas conquer Nepal.
1768-1774: Russo-Turkish War
1769: Spanish missionaries establish the first of 21 missions in California.

18th century - 1770s

1772-1795: The Partitions of Poland end the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and erase Poland from the map for 123 years.
1775-1782: First Anglo-Maratha War
1775-1783: American Revolutionary War
1779-1879: Cape Frontier Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South Africa

18th century - 1780s

1785-95: Northwest Indian War between the United States and Native Americans
1787: Freed slaves from London found Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1788: First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1789: George Washington elected President of the United States. Serves until 1797.
1789-99: The French Revolution

18th century - 1790s

1791-1804: The Haitian Revolution
1792-1815: The Great French War starts as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.
1792: New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1793: Upper Canada bans slavery.
1795: Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain grants the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1796: British eject Dutch from Ceylon.
1796-1804: White Lotus Rebellion in China.
1797: Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ends over 1,000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.
1798: Irish Rebellion against British Rule
1798-1800: Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1799: Napoleon stages a coup d'état and becomes dictator of France.
1799: Dutch East India Company is dissolved.

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