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18th Century Timeline

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






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






3. The 'Great Disaster'






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






5. The Haitian Revolution






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






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






8. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






9. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.






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






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






12. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






13. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.






14. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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






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






17. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






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






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






20. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






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






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






24. Russo-Turkish War.






25. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






26. George III became King of Britain.






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






28. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.






29. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






30. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






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






33. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War






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






35. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Polish revolt






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46. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






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






49. Russo-Turkish War






50. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud