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18th Century Timeline

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






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






3. George III became King of Britain.






4. The 'Great Disaster'






5. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






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






7. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.






8. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






9. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.






10. Russo-Turkish War






11. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.






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






13. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.






14. The R






15. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.






16. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






17. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






18. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.






19. Revolt in the Vend






20. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.






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






22. Anglo-Spanish War






23. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






24. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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






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






27. The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the EastIndies and English Company Trading to the EastIndies merged to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the EastIndies.






28. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.






29. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






31. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






33. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






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






35. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan






36. Camisard Rebellion in France.






37. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






38. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






39. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective






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






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






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






43. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






44. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.






45. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






46. The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing






47. The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the EastIndies and English Company Trading to the EastIndies merged to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the EastIndies.






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






49. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






50. End of Japan's Genroku period.







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