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18th Century Timeline

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






2. The 'Great Disaster'






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






4. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






5. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






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






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






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






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






11. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire






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






13. The Haitian Revolution






14. Russo-Turkish War.






15. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






16. George III became King of Britain.






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






18. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland






19. War of the Polish Succession.






20. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. The Lisbon earthquake






26. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population






27. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.






28. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






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






30. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






31. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






32. The French Revolution






33. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come






34. Russo-Turkish War






35. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






37. End of Japan's Genroku period.






38. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






39. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic






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






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






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






43. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






44. American Revolutionary War






45. Revolt in the Vend






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






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






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






49. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.






50. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud