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18th Century Timeline

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1. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






2. Peak of the Little Ice Age






3. The Haitian Revolution






4. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)






5. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.






6. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.






7. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America






8. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.






9. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).






10. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






11. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic






12. The Great Plague of Marseille






13. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.






14. The Haitian Revolution






15. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






16. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.






17. George III became King of Britain.






18. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.






19. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.






20. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains






21. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.






22. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






23. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






24. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)






25. Imam Sheikh Mansur - a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic - led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian invaders.






26. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.






27. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.






28. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans






29. Polish revolt






30. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population






31. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War






32. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick






33. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.






34. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine






35. American Revolutionary War






36. Peak of the Little Ice Age






37. The South Sea Bubble






38. Camisard Rebellion in France.






39. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






40. The French Revolution






41. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.






42. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.






43. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






44. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.






45. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






46. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.






47. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






48. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.






49. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement






50. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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