Another century in world history. Like previous centuries, it is marked by many wars and uprisings. Northern War and the War of the "Spanish Succession". After them there were wars of Russia and Iran with Turkey, the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War. You can also highlight the war for the independence of the United States against England, the uprising of Yemelyan Pugachev in Russia, the Polish uprising of Kosciuszko. The century ended with the French Revolution and Napoleon's military campaigns in Italy and Egypt. It was during this period of time that the state of the Commonwealth disappeared from the political map and a new state of the United States appeared. In France, the monarchy was overthrown and the star of Napoleon Bonaparte rose on the horizon of world history. Below is a chronology of the main events of the 18th century.
1700-1721 Northern war of Saxony, Denmark, Russia, Poland (since 1704) against Sweden
1701 The great Montreal peace that ended the Beaver Wars in America between the Iroquois (allies of the British) and the French in alliance with the Hurons and Algonquins
1701-1714 War of the Spanish Succession. Utrecht and Rastatt agreements
1706-1707 "Act of Union" between England and Scotland. UK Education
1709 The Battle of Poltava is the turning point of the Northern War. The Russian army under the command of Peter I defeated the Swedish army of King Charles XII
1720 Occupation of Lhasa by Chinese troops. Subjugation of Tibet
1721 End of the Northern War. Treaty of Nystadt between Russia and Sweden. Proclamation of Peter I as Emperor
1724 The rise of the independent Principality of Hyderabad
1726-1727 Iran's war with Turkey
1727-1728 The Burinsky Treaty and the Kyakhta Treaty are Russian-Chinese border treaties
1735-1739 The war of Russia against Turkey
1738-1739 The defeat of the army of the Mughal Empire by Nadir Shah (Iran). Capture and sack of Delhi
1740-1748 War of the Austrian Succession (France, Spain, Bavaria, Saxony, Prussia, Piedmont against Austria). Treaty of Aachen
1741-1743 Russian-Swedish war. Abo peace treatise
1747 The collapse of Iran after the death of Nadir Shah. Formation of the Afghan state, the Emirate of Bukhara
1755-1757 Fall of the Dzungar Khanate
1756-1763 Seven Years' War. Treaty of Paris and Hubertusburg
1757 The defeat of the Austrians under the command of Prince Karl Alexander of Lorraine in the Battle of Leuthen from the Prussian army led by Frederick II
1762 Coup d'état in Russia:Catherine II overthrows her husband, Emperor Peter III
1764 The abolition of the hetmanate in Little Russia
1768 Koleevshchina is a peasant-Cossack uprising in Right-Bank Ukraine against the oppression of Poland
1768-1774 Russian-Turkish war. Kyuchuk-Kainarji World
1769 Chinese invasion of Burma. Establishment of vassalage of Burma from China
1770 The victory of the Russian fleet over the Turkish in the naval battle in Chesme Bay
1772 Petersburg treaty. The first division of Poland between the Kingdom of Prussia, the Russian Empire and the Austrian Monarchy
1773-1775 Peasant war led by Emelyan Pugachev
1775 By decree of Empress Catherine II, the Zaporizhzhya Sich was liquidated
1775-1783 American War of Independence against England
1776 Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Adoption of the Declaration of Independence
1780-1781 Indian uprising led by Tupac-Amaru II (Jose Gabriel Condorcanca Noguera) against Spanish rule in Peru. Defeat of the Indians
1783 Treaty of Versailles between England and France, Spain and the United States. British recognition of US independence. Annexation of the Crimean Khanate by the Russian Empire. Treaty of Georgievsk establishing a Russian protectorate over Eastern Georgia
1787-1792 Russia's war against Turkey. Treaty of Jassy
1789 The United States adopted 10 amendments to the constitution - the "Bill of Rights". Election of the first President of the United States, George Washington
1789-1799 The French Revolution. The opening of the States General, the proclamation of the National Assembly, the Constituent Assembly. Taking of the Bastille. Adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the Constitution
1790 The assault and capture of the Izmail fortress by Russian troops under the command of A. Suvorov
1790-1792 Anglo-Mysore war for control of South India
1791 Pilnitz Declaration - an agreement between Austria and Prussia on a joint struggle against France
1792-1793 The liquidation of the monarchy in France. Arrest and execution of Louis XVI
1793 The second partition of Poland is between Russia, Prussia and Austria
1793-1794 The coming to power of the Jacobins (the Jacobin dictatorship). Thermidorian coup
1794 The Polish Uprising of Tadeusz Kosciuszko
1795 The third division of Poland between Prussia, Austria, Russia. Liquidation of the Commonwealth.
1796-1797 The Italian campaign of the French army led by Napoleon
1798-1799 Egyptian campaign of Napoleon. Italian campaign of Suvorov. Crossing the Alps
1798-1802 Second Anti-French Coalition (England, Naples, Austria, Russia and Turkey)
1799 Coup d'état in France, Napoleon Bonaparte becomes temporary consul