Table III: 1700-1799
| 1700 | Frederick I declares himself King of Prussia |
| 1701 | Act of Settlement provides for the Protestant succession in England of the House of Hanover |
| 1707 | England and Scotland united under the name of "Great Britain" |
| 1712 | Last execution for witchcraft in England |
| 1715 | Jacobite rebellion in Scotland; "Pretender" James III arrives from France |
| 1719 | Ireland declared inseparable from England |
| 1721 | Swiss immigrants introduce rifles into America |
| 1726 | Jonathan Swift writes "Gulliver's Travels" |
| 1731 | Treaty of Vienna between England, Holland, Spain, and the Holy Roman Emperor |
| 1732 | Benjamin Franklin issues "Poor Richard's Almanack" |
| 1734 | First horse race in America held in South Carolina |
| 1739 | Moravian Church founded in America |
| 1741 | Handel composes his "Messiah" in 18 days |
| 1746 | Charles Edward Stuart, the "Young Pretender" is defeated at Culloden, escapes to France |
| 1748 | Excavation of the ruins of Pompeii, buried by Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79, begin |
| 1749 | First settlement of the Ohio Company |
| 1752 | Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar; Ben Franklin invents the lightning conductor |
| 1753 | French troops from Canada seize the Ohio Valley |
| 1756 | French drive Britain from the Great Lakes in North America |
| 1759 | British gain Quebec from the French |
| 1763 | Peace of Paris ends Seven Years' War |
| 1764 | Amendment of British Sugar Act to tax the America colonies; Mozart writes his first symphony at age eight |
| 1765 | British Parliament passes the Stamp Act for taxing the American colonies; Delegates from nine colonies draw up a declaration of rights and liberties |
| 1768 | Boston citizens refuse to quarter British troops |
| 1770 | Boston Massacre; Dauphin of France marries Marie Antoinette; James Cook discovers Botany Bay, Australia |
| 1773 | Boston Tea Party |
| 1775 | American Revolution begins (-1783); James Watt perfects his invention of the steam engine |
| 1776 | American "Declaration of Independence" |
| 1778 | Colonies sign treaties with France and Holland; Indian massacres in New York |
| 1783 | Peace of Versailles; Great Britain recognizes the independence of the United States |
| 1784 | First balloon ascent in England |
| 1786 | Shays Rebellion in Massachusetts |
| 1788 | United States Constitution ratified |
| 1789 | The French Revolution - "Declaration of the Rights of Man"; Mutineers of the H.M.S. "Bounty" settle on Pitcairn Islands; George Washington inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America |
| 1791 | United States Bill of Rights ratified |
| 1793 | Louis XIV executed in Paris; Reign of Terror begins |
| 1796... | Napoleon marries Josephine |
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