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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






3. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






5. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






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






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






8. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.






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






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






11. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






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






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






16. War of the Polish Succession.






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






18. The Haitian Revolution






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






20. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






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






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






24. George III became King of Britain.






25. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.






26. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.






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






28. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.






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






30. First Anglo-Maratha War






31. The R






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






33. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






34. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






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






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






38. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






39. Peak of the Little Ice Age






40. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






41. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






42. Anglo-Spanish War






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






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






45. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






46. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession






47. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.






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






49. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






50. First French Quaker community established in Cong