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18th Century Timeline

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






2. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






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






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






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






6. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






7. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast






8. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.






9. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance






10. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






12. Russo-Turkish War






13. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






15. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.






16. 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.






17. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine






18. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






19. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772






20. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






21. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






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






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






25. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.






26. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






28. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.






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






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






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






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






33. The 'Great Disaster'






34. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






35. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






37. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






38. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.






39. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






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






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






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






45. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine






46. War of the Polish Succession.






47. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






49. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island






50. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.






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