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18th Century Timeline

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






2. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain






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






4. War of the Austrian Succession






5. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






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






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






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






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






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






11. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






12. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston






13. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






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






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






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






17. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.






18. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






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






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






22. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






23. 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.






24. George III became King of Britain.






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






26. The R






27. Polish revolt






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






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






37. 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.






38. Revolt in the Vend






39. Anglo-Mysore Wars






40. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






41. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu






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






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






44. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






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






47. The South Sea Bubble






48. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






49. 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






50. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'