1710 AD to 1754 AD
1715 AD: The closing of he Mauder Minimum, a period of extremely low solar activity.
1731 AD, China: Earthquake in Peking city resulted in the deaths of about 100,000 persons.
~ USA: The settlement of Tubac was founded as a mission community, later became a military base, and then a town. It was located about 20 miles south of downtown of present Tucson, Arizona.
1734 AD on January 26th in USA: New York City maids organized for better working conditions.
1737 AD, USA: A sizable earthquake was felt in New York.
~ India: An earthquake in Calcutta resulted in the deaths of about 300,000 persons.
~ France: This is the year "optimism" began. It was used in French as optimisme as a term in the doctrine of the German philosopher, Leibnitz.
1738 AD: Nancy Ward born Nanye'hi in the Overhill Cherokee capital of Chota.
1740 AD: The forgotten famine in Ireland.
1741 AD: Ireland: The Great Catholic-Gaelic rebellion for the return of lands, a rebellion joined by English Catholics in Ireland.
~ Ireland: Under the leadership of the Irish chieftain, Rory O'More, conspiracy was formed to seize Dublin and expel English.
~ Ireland: English settlers were driven out of Ulster.
~ Catholics still hold 59% of the land in Ireland.
1746 AD to 1828 AD, Spain: Lifespan of Francisco de Goya, Spanish painter.
1749 AD: Montesquieu's Spirit of the Law's published.
1750 AD to 1850 AD: Decline of Ottoman Empire.
~ to 1850 AD: Height of the Industrial Revolution in Europe and North America.
1751 AD, North America: All Indians in Pimeria Alta, Southwest of what is now USA, revolt,
1752 AD: Moravian bishop, with about five other, became the first recorded Old World people to enter the territory which came to be called the Lost Provinces of North Carolina
1755 AD: Nancy Ward and her husband fought in the Taliwa war against the Creek. Her husband was killed and she fought on. The Cherokee won. Nancy Ward was awarded the position of Warrior Woman which gave her some influence in tribal affairs.
1704 AD: Penal code enacted barring Irish Catholics from, voting, education, and military.