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18th Century Timeline

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1. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






2. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






3. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.






4. The R






5. War of the Polish Succession.






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






7. Polish revolt






8. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






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






10. The French and Indian War - Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and their allies and the English and their allies. The North American chapter of the Seven Years' War.






11. The Lisbon earthquake






12. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.






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






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






15. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






16. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War






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






18. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






19. Anglo-Spanish War






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






21. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






22. The Lisbon earthquake






23. First Anglo-Maratha War






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






25. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






26. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






27. 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.






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






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






30. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.






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






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






33. First French Quaker community established in Cong






34. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






36. George III became King of Britain.






37. Russo-Turkish War.






38. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






40. Russo-Persian War






41. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






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






43. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






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






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






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






47. American Revolutionary War






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






49. Anglo-Mysore Wars






50. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.