18th Century History Timeline1700s1710s1720s1730s1740s1750s1760s 1770s1780s1790s1800s1810s1820s1830s
1710Mark Catsby begins his tour of America. He found many theraputic plants while on this tour.
1712The First Industrial Revolution begins when Newcomen's Steam Engine is installed at the Dudley Castle Coal Mine.
Frederick II is born
1713The Pragmactic Sanction by Charles VI, allowing Maria Theresa to become the Monarch of Austria.
Treaty of Utrecht ending the war of the Spanish Succession.
Asentio Treaty signed by Britain and Spain. This treaty begins the most active period of the British slave trade.
25 February - King Friedrich I dies and his son Friedrich Wilhelm becomes King of Prussia.
1714George I of Hanover became King of England
Rastatt, this is a supplement to the Treaty of Utrecht signed by Austria and France.
1715The First Jacobite uprising
The French take Mauritius
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