Editing 18th century (section)

==Events==
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{{see also|Georgian era}}

===1701–1750===
[[File:Europe, 1700 - 1714.png|thumb|upright|Europe at the beginning of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]], 1700]]
[[File:Marten's Poltava.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Battle of Poltava]] in 1709 turned the [[Russian Empire]] into a European power.]]
[[File:Marlborough-duke-first.jpg|thumb|upright|[[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]]]]
* [[1700]]–[[1721]]: [[Great Northern War]] between the [[Russian Empire|Russian]] and [[Swedish Empire]]s.
* [[1701]]: [[Kingdom of Prussia]] declared under King [[Frederick I of Prussia|Frederick I]].
* [[1701]]: The [[Battle of Feyiase]] marks the rise of the [[Ashanti Empire]].
* [[1701]]–[[1714]]: The [[War of the Spanish Succession]] is fought, involving most of continental [[Louis XIV of France#War of the Spanish Succession|Europe]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_spanishsuccession.html |title=War of the Spanish Succession, 1701–1714 |publisher=Historyofwar.org |access-date=2009-04-25}}</ref>
* [[1702]]–[[1715]]: [[Camisards|Camisard rebellion]] in France.
* [[1703]]: [[Saint Petersburg]] is founded by [[Peter the Great]]; it is the Russian [[Capital (political)|capital]] until [[1918]].
* [[1703]]–[[1711]]: The [[Rákóczi's War of Independence|Rákóczi uprising]] against the [[Habsburg monarchy]].
* [[1704]]: End of Japan's [[Genroku]] period.
* [[1704]]: [[First Javanese War of Succession]].<ref name="RICKLEFSp82">Ricklefs (1991), page 82</ref>
* [[1706]]–[[1713]]: The War of the Spanish Succession: French troops defeated at the [[Battle of Ramillies]] and the [[Siege of Turin]].
* [[1707]]: Death of Mughal Emperor [[Aurangzeb]] leads to the fragmentation of the [[Mughal Empire]].
* [[1707]]: The [[Act of Union 1707|Act of Union]] is passed, merging the Scottish and English Parliaments, thus establishing the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Historic uk – heritage of britain accommodation guide |url=http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/Scotland-History/ActofUnion.htm |title=The history of Scotland – The Act of Union 1707 |publisher=Historic-uk.com |date=2007-05-03 |access-date=2009-04-25 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090408060918/http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/Scotland-History/ActofUnion.htm |archive-date= 8 April 2009 |url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[1708]]: The [[East India Company|Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies]] and English Company Trading to the East Indies merge to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies.
* [[1708]]–[[1709]]: Famine kills one-third of [[East Prussia]]'s population.
* [[1709]]: Foundation of the [[Hotak dynasty|Hotak Empire]].
* [[1709]]: The [[Great Frost of 1709]] marks the coldest winter in 500 years, contributing to the defeat of [[Swedish Empire|Sweden]] at [[Battle of Poltava|Poltava]].
* [[1710]]: The world's first [[Copyright law|copyright legislation]], Britain's [[Statute of Anne]], takes effect.
* [[1710]]–[[1711]]: [[Ottoman Empire]] fights Russia in the [[Russo-Turkish War (1710–1711)|Russo-Turkish War]] and regains [[Azov]].
* [[1711]]: [[Khanate of Bukhara|Bukhara Khanate]] dissolves as local begs seize power.
* [[1711]]–[[1715]]: [[Tuscarora War]] between British, Dutch, and German settlers and the [[Tuscarora people]] of [[North Carolina]].
* [[1713]]: The [[Kangxi Emperor]] acknowledges the full recovery of the Chinese economy since its apex during the [[Ming dynasty|Ming]]. 
* [[1714]]: In Amsterdam, [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]] invents the [[mercury-in-glass thermometer]], which remains the most reliable and accurate thermometer until the electronic era.
* [[1715]]: The [[Jacobite rising of 1715|first Jacobite rising]] breaks out; the British halt the Jacobite advance at the [[Battle of Sheriffmuir]]; [[Battle of Preston (1715)|Battle of Preston]].
* [[1716]]: Establishment of the [[Misl|Sikh Confederacy]] along the present-day India-[[Pakistan]] border.
* [[1714|1716]]–[[1718]]: [[Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718)|Austro-Venetian-Turkish War]].
* [[1718]]: The city of [[New Orleans]] is founded by the French in North America.
* [[1718]]–[[1720]]: [[War of the Quadruple Alliance]] with Spain versus France, Britain, Austria, and the Netherlands.
* [[1718]]–[[1730]]: [[Tulip period]] of the Ottoman Empire.
* [[1719]]: [[Second Javanese War of Succession]].<ref name="RICKLEFSp84">Ricklefs (1991), page 84</ref>
* [[1720]]: The [[South Sea Bubble]].
* [[1720]]–[[1721]]: The [[Great Plague of Marseille]].
* [[1720]]: Qing forces oust [[Dzungar Khanate|Dzungar]] invaders from [[Khoshut Khanate|Tibet]].
* [[1721]]: The [[Treaty of Nystad]] is signed, ending the [[Great Northern War]].
* [[1721]]: [[Sack of Shamakhi]], massacre of its Shia population by [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] [[Lezgins]].
* [[1722]]: [[Siege of Isfahan]] results in the handover of Iran to the [[Hotak dynasty|Hotaki Afghans]].
* [[1722]]–[[1723]]: [[Russo-Persian War (1722–1723)|Russo-Persian War]].
* [[1722]]–[[1725]]: Controversy over [[William Wood (Mintmaster)|William Wood]]'s halfpence leads to the ''[[Drapier's Letters]]'' and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement.
[[File:7 Muhammad Shah and Nadir Shah. 1740, Musee Guimet, Paris.jpg|thumb|upright|Mughal emperor [[Muhammad Shah]] with the Persian invader [[Nader Shah]].]]
* [[1723]]: [[Slavery]] is abolished in Russia; [[Peter the Great]] converts household [[Slavery in medieval Europe#Slavery in Russia|slaves]] into house [[serfs]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/blackhistory/article-24160 |title=Welcome to Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to History |encyclopedia=Britannica.com |date=1910-01-31 |access-date=2009-04-25| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090416090645/https://www.britannica.com/blackhistory/article-24160| archive-date= 16 April 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[1723]]–[[1730]]: The "Great Disaster", an invasion of [[Kazakhs|Kazakh]] territories by the [[Dzungars]].
* [[1723]]–[[1732]]: The Qing and the Dzungars fight a series of wars across [[Qinghai]], [[Dzungaria]], and [[Outer Mongolia]], with inconclusive results.
* [[1724]]: [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]] proposes the [[Fahrenheit]] temperature scale.
* [[1725]]: [[Peace of Vienna (1725)|Austro-Spanish alliance]] revived. Russia joins in 1726.
* [[1727]]–[[1729]]: [[Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729)|Anglo-Spanish War]] ends inconclusively.
* [[1730]]: [[Mahmud I]] takes over Ottoman Empire after the [[Patrona Halil]] revolt, ending the [[Tulip period]].
* [[1730]]–[[1760]]: The [[First Great Awakening]] takes place in Great Britain and North America.
* [[1732]]–[[1734]]: [[Crimean Khanate|Crimean Tatar]] raids into Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zum.de/whkmla/military/russia/milxcrimeantatars.html |title=List of Wars of the Crimean Tatars |publisher=Zum.de |access-date=2009-04-25| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090312034756/http://www.zum.de/whkmla/military/russia/milxcrimeantatars.html| archive-date= 12 March 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[1733]]–[[1738]]: [[War of the Polish Succession]].
[[File:Portrait of the Qianlong Emperor in Court Dress.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Qianlong Emperor]]]]
* [[1735]]–[[1739]]: [[Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)|Austro-Russo-Turkish War]].
* [[1735]]–[[1799]]: The [[Qianlong Emperor]] of China oversees a huge expansion in territory.
* [[1738]]–[[1756]]: [[List of famines|Famine]] across the [[Sahel]]; half the population of [[Timbuktu]] dies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ag.arizona.edu/~lmilich/desclim.html |title=Len Milich: Anthropogenic Desertification vs 'Natural' Climate Trends |publisher=Ag.arizona.edu |date=1997-08-10 |access-date=2009-04-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211081648/http://ag.arizona.edu/~lmilich/desclim.html |archive-date=2012-02-11 }}</ref>
* [[1737]]–[[1738]]: Hotak Empire ends after the [[siege of Kandahar]] by [[Nader Shah]].
* [[1739]]: Great Britain and Spain fight the [[War of Jenkins' Ear]] in the Caribbean.
* [[1739]]: Nader Shah defeats a pan-Indian army of 300,000 at the [[Battle of Karnal]]. Taxation is stopped in Iran for three years.
* [[1739]]–[[1740]]: [[Nader Shah's Sindh expedition]].
* [[1740]]: [[George Whitefield]] brings the [[First Great Awakening]] to New England
* [[1740]]–[[1741]]: [[Great Irish Famine (1740–1741)|Famine in Ireland]] kills 20 percent of the population.
* [[1741]]–[[1743]]: Iran invades [[Khanate of Bukhara|Uzbekistan]], [[Khanate of Khiva|Khwarazm]], [[Dagestan]], and [[Omani Empire|Oman]].
* [[1741]]–[[1751]]: [[Maratha invasions of Bengal]].
* [[1740]]–[[1748]]: [[War of the Austrian Succession]].
* [[1742]]: [[Marvel's Mill]], the first water-powered [[cotton mill]], begins operation in England.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Wadsworth |first1=Alfred P. |last2=Mann |first2=Julia De Lacy |year=1931 |title=The Cotton Trade and Industrial Lancashire, 1600–1780 |publisher=[[Manchester University Press]] |oclc=2859370 |page=433}}</ref>
* [[1742]]: [[Anders Celsius]] proposes an inverted form of the centigrade temperature, which is later renamed [[Celsius]] in his honor.
* [[1742]]: Premiere of [[George Frideric Handel]]'s [[Messiah (Handel)|''Messiah'']].
* [[1743]]–[[1746]]: Another [[Ottoman–Persian War (1743–1746)|Ottoman-Persian War]] involves 375,000 men but ultimately ends in a stalemate.
[[File:The Battle of Culloden.jpg|thumb|upright|The extinction of the [[Scottish clan]] system came with the defeat of the clansmen at the [[Battle of Culloden]] in 1746.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unique-cottages.co.uk/unspoilt/20/clans |title=A guide to Scottish clans |publisher=Unique-cottages.co.uk |access-date=2009-04-25|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080511181304/http://www.unique-cottages.co.uk/unspoilt/20/clans |archive-date = May 11, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>]]
* [[1744]]: The [[First Saudi State]] is founded by [[Mohammed Ibn Saud]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://countrystudies.us/saudi-arabia/7.htm |title=Saudi Arabia – The Saud Family and Wahhabi Islam |publisher=Countrystudies.us |access-date=2009-04-25}}</ref>
* [[1744]]: [[Battle of Toulon (1744)|Battle of Toulon]] is fought off the coast of France.
* [[1744]]–[[1748]]: The [[Carnatic Wars|First Carnatic War]] is fought between the British, the French, the Marathas, and Mysore in India.
* [[1745]]: [[Jacobite rising of 1745|Second Jacobite rising]] is begun by [[Charles Edward Stuart]] in Scotland.
* [[1747]]: The [[Durrani Empire]] is founded by [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]].
* [[1748]]: The [[Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)|Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle]] ends the War of the Austrian Succession and First Carnatic War.
* [[1748]]–[[1754]]: The [[Carnatic Wars|Second Carnatic War]] is fought between the British, the French, the Marathas, and Mysore in India.
* [[1750]]: Peak of the [[Little Ice Age]].

===1751–1800===
* [[1752]]: The [[British Empire]] adopts the [[Gregorian Calendar]], skipping 11 days from 3 September to 13 September. On the calendar, 2 September is followed directly by 14 September.
* [[1754]]: The Treaty of Pondicherry ends the Second Carnatic War and recognizes [[Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah]] as [[Nawab of the Carnatic]].
* [[1754]]: [[Columbia University|King's College]] is founded by a royal charter of [[George II of Great Britain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/content/history.html|title=History|publisher=Columbia University}}</ref>
* [[1754]]–[[1763]]: The [[French and Indian War]], the North American chapter of the [[Seven Years' War]], is fought in colonial North America, mostly by the French and their allies against the English and their allies.
* [[1755]]: The [[1755 Lisbon earthquake|great Lisbon earthquake]] destroys most of [[Portugal]]'s capital and kills up to 100,000.
* [[1755]]: The [[Dzungar genocide]] depopulates much of northern Xinjiang, allowing for Han, Uyghur, Khalkha Mongol, and Manchu colonization.
* [[1755]]–[[1763]]: The [[Expulsion of the Acadians|Great Upheaval]] forces transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
* [[1756]]–[[1763]]: The [[Seven Years' War]] is fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
* [[1756]]–[[1763]]: The [[Third Carnatic War]] is fought between the British, the French, and Mysore in India.
* [[1757]]: [[Battle of Plassey|British conquest of Bengal]].
[[File:Catherinethegreatroslin.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Catherine the Great]], Empress of Russia.]]
* [[1760]]: [[George III]] becomes King of Britain.
* [[1761]]: [[Maratha Empire]] defeated at [[Battle of Panipat (1761)|Battle of Panipat]].
* [[1762]]–[[1796]]: Reign of [[Catherine II of Russia|Catherine the Great]] of Russia.
* [[1763]]: The [[Treaty of Paris (1763)|Treaty of Paris]] ends the Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War.
* [[1764]]: [[Dahomey]] and the [[Oyo Empire]] defeat the [[Military of the Ashanti Empire|Ashanti army]] at the [[Battle of Atakpamé]].
* [[1764]]: The Mughals are defeated at the [[Battle of Buxar]].
* [[1765]]: The [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]] is introduced into the [[Thirteen Colonies|American colonies]] by the British Parliament.
* [[1767|1765–1767]]: The [[Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767)|Burmese invade Thailand]] and utterly destroy [[Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (city)|Attuthaya]].
* [[1765]]–[[1769]]: [[Konbaung dynasty|Burma]] under [[Hsinbyushin]] repels [[Sino-Burmese War|four invasions]] from Qing China, securing hegemony over the [[Shan States|Shan states]].
* [[1766]]: [[Christian VII of Denmark|Christian VII]] becomes king of Denmark. He was [[Danish Realm|king of Denmark]] to [[1808]].
* [[1766]]–[[1799]]: [[Anglo-Mysore Wars]].
* [[1767]]: [[Taksin]] expels Burmese invaders and reunites Thailand under an authoritarian regime.
* [[1768]]–[[1772]]: [[War of the Bar Confederation]].
* [[1768]]–[[1774]]: [[Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)|Russo-Turkish War]].
* [[1769]]: Spanish [[Missionary|missionaries]] establish the first of 21 [[Spanish Missions of California|missions]] in [[California]].
* [[1769]]–[[1770]]: [[James Cook]] explores and maps New Zealand and Australia.
* [[1769]]–[[1773]]: The [[Bengal famine of 1770]] kills one-third of the Bengal population.
* [[1769]]: The [[French Indies Company|French East India Company]] dissolves, only to be revived in 1785.
* [[1769]]: French expeditions capture [[clove]] plants in [[Ambon Island|Ambon]], ending the [[Dutch East India Company]]'s (VOC) monopoly of the plant.<ref name="RICKLEFSp102">Ricklefs (1991), page 102</ref>
* [[1770]]–[[1771]]: [[Famines in the Czech lands|Famine in Czech lands]] kills hundreds of thousands.
* [[1771]]: The [[Moscow plague riot of 1771|Plague Riot]] in Moscow.
* [[1771]]: The [[Kalmyk Khanate]] dissolves as the territory becomes colonized by Russians. More than a hundred thousand [[Kalmyks]] migrate back to [[Xinjiang under Qing rule|Qing Dzungaria]].
* [[1772]]: [[Gustav III|Gustav III of Sweden]] stages a coup d'état, becoming almost an absolute monarch.
[[File:Encyclopedie de D'Alembert et Diderot - Premiere Page - ENC 1-NA5.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers]]]]
* [[1772]]–[[1779]]: Maratha Empire fights Britain and [[Raghunathrao]]'s forces during the [[First Anglo-Maratha War]].
* [[1772]]–[[1795]]: The [[Partitions of Poland]] end the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] and erase Poland from the map for 123 years.
* [[1773]]–[[1775]]: [[Pugachev's Rebellion]], the largest peasant revolt in Russian history.
* [[1773]]: East India Company starts operations in [[Bengal]] to smuggle [[First Opium War|opium into China]].
* [[1775]]: Russia imposes a reduction in autonomy on the [[Zaporozhian Sich|Zaporizhian Cossacks]] of Ukraine. 
* [[1775]]–[[1782]]: [[First Anglo-Maratha War]].
* [[1775]]–[[1783]]: [[American Revolutionary War]].
* [[1776]]: Several [[kongsi republic]]s are founded by Chinese settlers in the island of [[Borneo]]. They are some of the first democracies in Asia.
* [[1776]]–[[1777]]: [[Spanish–Portuguese War (1776–1777)|A Spanish-Portuguese War]] occurs over land in the South American frontiers.
* [[1776]]: [[Illuminati]] founded by [[Adam Weishaupt]].
* [[1776]]: The [[United States Declaration of Independence]] is adopted by the [[Second Continental Congress]] in [[Philadelphia]].
* [[1776]]: [[Adam Smith]] publishes ''[[The Wealth of Nations]]''.
* [[1778]]: [[James Cook]] becomes the first European to land on the [[Hawaiian Islands]].
* [[1778]]: [[Franco-American alliance]] signed.
* [[1778]]: Spain acquires its [[Spanish Guinea|first permanent holding in Africa]] from the Portuguese, which is administered by the newly-established [[Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata|La Plata Viceroyalty]].
* [[1778]]: [[Đại Việt|Vietnam]] is reunified for the first time in 200 years by the [[Tây Sơn dynasty|Tay Son brothers]]. The [[Tây Sơn dynasty]] has been established, terminating the [[Lê dynasty]].
* [[1779]]–[[1879]]: [[Xhosa Wars]] between British and [[Boer]] settlers and the [[Xhosa people|Xhosas]] in the [[South African Republic]].
* [[1779]]–[[1783]]: [[Spain and the American Revolutionary War|Britain loses several islands and colonial outposts all over the world]] to the combined Franco-Spanish navy.
* [[1779]]: Iran enters yet another period of conflict and civil war after the prosperous reign of [[Karim Khan Zand]].
* [[1780]]: Outbreak of the [[Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II|indigenous rebellion]] against Spanish colonization led by [[Túpac Amaru II]] in [[Peru]].
* [[1781]]: The city of Los Angeles is founded by Spanish settlers.[[File:Portrait of George Washington-transparent.png|thumb|upright|[[George Washington]]]]
* [[1781]]–[[1785]]: [[Serfdom]] is abolished in the [[Habsburg monarchy|Austrian monarchy]] (first step; second step in [[1848]]).
* [[1782]]: The [[Thonburi Kingdom]] of Thailand is dissolved after a palace coup.
* [[1783]]: The [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] formally ends the [[American Revolutionary War]].
* [[1783]]: Russian annexation of [[Crimean Khanate|Crimea]].
* [[1785]]–[[1791]]: Imam [[Sheikh Mansur]], a [[Chechen people|Chechen]] warrior and Muslim mystic, leads a coalition of Muslim [[Peoples of the Caucasus|Caucasian tribes]] from throughout the [[Caucasus]] in a [[Jihad|holy war]] against Russian settlers and military bases in the Caucasus, as well as against local traditionalists, who followed the traditional customs and common law (Adat) rather than the theocratic Sharia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.islamicsupremecouncil.org/bin/site/wrappers/spirituality-sufism_caucasus.html |title=Sufism in the Caucasus |publisher=Islamicsupremecouncil.org |access-date=2009-04-25|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090223235641/http://www.islamicsupremecouncil.org/bin/site/wrappers/spirituality-sufism_caucasus.html |archive-date = February 23, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[1785]]–[[1795]]: The [[Northwest Indian War]] is fought between the United States and [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]].
* [[1785]]–[[1787]]: The [[Maratha–Mysore wars|Maratha–Mysore Wars]] concludes with an exchange of territories in the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]].
* [[1786]]–[[1787]]: [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] premieres ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' and ''[[Don Giovanni]]''.
* [[1787]]: The [[Tuareg people|Tuareg]] occupy Timbuktu until the 19th century. 
* [[1787]]–[[1792]]: [[Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)|Russo-Turkish War]].
* [[1788]]: [[First Fleet]] arrives in Australia
* [[1788]]–[[1790]]: [[Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)]].
* [[1788]]: Dutch [[Geert Adriaans Boomgaard]] (1788–1899) would become the first generally accepted validated case of a [[supercentenarian]] on record.<ref>{{cite web |title=Table A – Verified Supercentenarians (Listed Chronologically By Birth Date) |url=http://www.grg.org/Adams/A.HTM |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712044827/http://www.grg.org/Adams/A.HTM |archive-date=12 July 2016 |access-date=9 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="grggl">[http://grg.org/Gallery/Pre1850sGallery.html Photo Gallery for Supercentenarians born before 1850, as of May 17, 2019]</ref>
[[File:Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in 1789.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen]]]]
* [[1788]]–[[1789]]: A Qing attempt to reinstall an exiled [[Lê Chiêu Thống|Vietnamese king]] in northern Vietnam [[Battle of Ngọc Hồi-Đống Đa|ends in disaster]].
* [[1789]]: [[George Washington]] is elected the first [[President of the United States]]; he serves until [[1797]].
* [[1789]]: [[Quang Trung]] defeats the [[Qing dynasty|Qing]] army.
* [[1789]]–[[1799]]: [[French Revolution]].
* [[1789]]: The [[Liège Revolution]].
* [[1789]]: The [[Brabant Revolution]].
* [[1789]]: The {{lang|pt|[[Inconfidência Mineira]]|italic=no}}, an unsuccessful separatist movement in central Brazil led by [[Tiradentes]]
* [[1791]]: Suppression of the [[Liège Revolution]] by [[Holy Roman Empire|Austrian]] forces and re-establishment of the [[Prince-Bishopric of Liège]].
* [[1791]]–[[1795]]: [[George Vancouver]] explores the world during the [[Vancouver Expedition]].
* [[1791]]–[[1804]]: The [[Haitian Revolution]].
* [[1791]]: Mozart premieres ''[[The Magic Flute]]''.
* [[1792]]–[[1802]]: The [[French Revolutionary Wars]] lead into the [[Napoleonic Wars]], which last from [[1803]]–[[1815]].
* [[1792]]: The [[New York Stock Exchange|New York Stock & Exchange Board]] is founded.
* [[1792]]: [[Polish–Russian War of 1792]].
* [[1792]]: [[Margaret Ann Neve]] (1792–1903) would become the first recorded female [[supercentenarian]] to reach the age of 110.<ref name="BIB">{{cite book |last=Balfour-Pau |first=Glen |title=Bagpipes in Babylon: A Lifetime in the Arab World and Beyond |date=20 December 2005 |publisher=I.B.Tauris, 2006 |isbn=9781845111519}}</ref><ref name="Priaulx">{{cite web |date=2005 |title=The Harvey Family |url=http://www.priaulxlibrary.co.uk/priaulx-library-new-details2.asp?ItemID=95 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022135751/http://www.priaulxlibrary.co.uk/priaulx-library-new-details2.asp?ItemID=95 |archivedate=22 October 2013 |work=Priaulx Library}}</ref>
* [[1793]]: [[Upper Canada]] [[Act Against Slavery|bans slavery]].
* [[1793]]: The largest [[1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic|yellow fever epidemic]] in American history kills as many as 5,000 people in [[Philadelphia]], roughly 10% of the population.<ref>{{cite web | title=Yellow Fever Attacks Philadelphia, 1793 | work=EyeWitness to History|url=http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/yellowfever.htm|access-date=2007-06-22| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070607233805/http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/yellowfever.htm| archive-date= 7 June 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[1793]]–[[1796]]: [[Revolt in the Vendée]] against the French Republic at the time of the [[French Revolution|Revolution]].
* [[1794]]–[[1816]]: The [[Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars]], which were a series of incidents between settlers and [[New South Wales Corps]] and the [[Aboriginal Australian]] clans of the [[Hawkesbury River|Hawkesbury river]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]. 
* [[1795]]: The [[Marseillaise]] is officially adopted as the French [[national anthem]].[[File:1801 Antoine-Jean Gros - Bonaparte on the Bridge at Arcole.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Napoleon]] at the [[Battle of the Bridge of Arcole|Bridge of the Arcole]]]]
* [[1795]]: The [[Battle of Nu{{okina}}uanu]] in the final days of King [[Kamehameha I]]'s wars to [[Unification of Hawaii|unify]] the Hawaiian Islands.
* [[1795]]–[[1796]]: [[Battle of Krtsanisi|Iran invades and devastates Georgia]], prompting [[Persian expedition of 1796|Russia to intervene and march on Tehran]].
* [[1796]]: [[Edward Jenner]] administers the first [[smallpox vaccination]]; [[smallpox]] killed an estimated 400,000 Europeans each year during the 18th century, including five reigning [[monarch]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Riedel S |title=Edward Jenner and the history of smallpox and vaccination |journal=Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=21–5 |year=2005 |pmid=16200144 |doi= 10.1080/08998280.2005.11928028|pmc=1200696}}</ref>
* [[1796]]: [[War of the First Coalition]]: The [[Battle of Montenotte]] marks [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]'s first victory as an army commander.
* [[1796]]: The British eject the Dutch from [[Ceylon]] and [[Dutch Cape Colony|South Africa]].
* [[1796]]–[[1804]]: The [[White Lotus Rebellion]] against the [[Manchu dynasty]] in China.
* [[1798]]: The [[Irish Rebellion of 1798|Irish Rebellion]] fails to overthrow [[British rule in Ireland]].
* [[1798]]–[[1800]]: The [[Quasi-War]] is fought between the United States and France.
* [[1799]]: [[Dutch East India Company]] is dissolved.
* [[1799]]: [[Austro-Russian Alliance (1781)|Austro-Russian]] forces under [[Alexander Suvorov]] [[Italian and Swiss expedition|liberates much of Italy and Switzerland]] from French occupation.
* [[1799]]: [[Coup of 18 Brumaire]] - [[Napoleon]]'s [[coup d'etat]] brings the end of the [[French Revolution]].
* [[1799]]: Death of the Qianlong Emperor after [[High Qing era|60 years of rule over China]]. His favorite official, [[Heshen]], is ordered to commit suicide.
* [[1800]]: On 1 January, the bankrupt VOC is formally dissolved and the nationalized [[Dutch East Indies]] are established.<ref name="RICKLEFSp106">Ricklefs (1991), page 106</ref>