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18th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






6. American Revolutionary War






7. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






8. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






9. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






12. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






13. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






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






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






16. Anglo-Spanish War






17. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.






18. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






20. Russo-Turkish War.






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






22. 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.






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






24. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






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






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






27. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.






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






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






30. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






32. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






33. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






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






36. George III became King of Britain.






37. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






39. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






40. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






42. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.






43. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






44. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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46. Quasi-War between the United States and France.






47. The South Sea Bubble






48. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






49. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






50. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.