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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.






3. 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.






4. First French Quaker community established in Cong






5. 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.






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






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






8. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






9. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






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






11. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






12. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.






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






14. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






16. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.






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






18. The French Revolution






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






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






21. Russo-Turkish War






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






23. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.






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






25. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.






26. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.






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






28. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






29. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






30. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






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






39. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






41. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






42. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






43. War of the Polish Succession.






44. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.






45. Revolt in the Vend






46. The 'Great Disaster'






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






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






49. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






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