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18th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Anglo-Spanish War






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






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






6. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia






7. 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.






8. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






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






10. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






11. Upper Canada bans slavery.






12. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.






13. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






14. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






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






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






18. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






19. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War






20. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






22. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






23. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






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






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






26. Inconfid






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






28. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






30. Polish revolt






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






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






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






35. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






36. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






37. End of Japan's Genroku period.






38. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






39. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






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






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






43. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs






44. Russo-Persian War






45. The South Sea Bubble






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






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






48. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






49. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






50. George III became King of Britain.







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