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18th Century Timeline

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1. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.






2. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.






3. Upper Canada bans slavery.






4. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






5. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.






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






7. The French Revolution






8. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.






9. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






11. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession






12. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






13. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.






14. Russo-Persian War






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






16. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






17. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






18. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






19. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






20. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.






21. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.






22. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia






23. The Lisbon earthquake






24. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.






25. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.






26. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.






27. End of Japan's Genroku period.






28. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.






29. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.






30. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree






31. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.






32. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.






33. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






34. War of the Polish Succession.






35. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






36. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain






37. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire






38. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.






39. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






40. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.






41. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.






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






43. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






44. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.






45. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.






46. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War






47. Camisard Rebellion in France.






48. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






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