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| 1746 |
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| The Supreme Magistracy of Commerce disbanded. | 1 |
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| 1759–1825 |
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| FERDINAND I. Ferdinand was only nine years old and continued under the influence of Tanucci until the latter's fall in 1771. By that time his wife, Maria Carolina (daughter of Maria Theresa), already dominated him. | 2 |
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| 1762 |
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| Clergy with benefices required to give a third of their income to the poor. | 3 |
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| 1764–65 |
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| Famine throughout the south of Italy. It hit Naples particularly hard and demonstrated the gap between southern agriculture and the rest of Europe. This famine prompted many efforts at reform, although the government showed limited enthusiasm. | 4 |
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| 1765 |
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| The Communal Council reformed so that 15 professional men sat as well as nobles. | 5 |
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| 1777 |
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| Confiscation of Jesuit property, including the College of San Salvatore, paved the way to reform. | 6 |
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