18th Century

The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini/Common Era numbering system. more...

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However, historians sometimes specifically define the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the \"short\" 18th century may be defined as 1715-1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution with an emphasis on directly interconnected events. To historians who expand the century to include larger historical movements, the \"long\" 18th century may run from the Glorious Revolution of 1688 to the battle of Waterloo in 1815 or even later.

Events

1700–1709

1700: The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; the coast of Japan is struck by a tsunami.; 1700: Bridge of the Gods forms across the Columbia River.; 1700-21: Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.; 1701-1714: War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.; 1701-1702: The Daily Courant and the The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.; 1702: Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.; 1702-1715: Camisard Rebellion in France.; 1703: Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.; 1703-1711: The Rákóczi Uprising against the Habsburg Monarchy.; 1704: End of Japan's Genroku period.; 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 and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.; 1707: Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.; 1707: War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends in India.; 1708-1709: Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.; 1708: The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies and English Company Trading to the East Indies merged to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies.; 1709: Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.; 1709: Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.;

1710s

1710-1711: Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War; 1713-1714: Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu.; 1714: Accession of George I, Elector of Hanover, to the throne of Great Britain.; 1715: First Jacobite rebellion breaks out; 1715: Louis XIV dies, leaving France deep in debt.; 1715: Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible.; 1716: Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the India Pakistan border.; 1718: City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America; 1718: Blackbeard is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island; 1718-1730: Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire; 1719: Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails.;

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