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18th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






5. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.






6. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.






7. Upper Canada bans slavery.






8. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






9. Anglo-Spanish War






10. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






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






13. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






14. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






15. War of the Austrian Succession






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






17. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






18. Peak of the Little Ice Age






19. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.






20. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.






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






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






23. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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






25. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






26. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






28. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War






29. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto






30. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






31. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.






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






33. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.






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






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






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






37. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






38. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






39. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.






40. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.






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






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






43. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina






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






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






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






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






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






49. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs






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






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