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18th Century Timeline

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






2. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






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






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






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






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






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






8. First French Quaker community established in Cong






9. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






11. Imam Sheikh Mansur - a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic - led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian invaders.






12. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






14. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






15. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






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






17. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.






18. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






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






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






21. Russo-Turkish War






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






23. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






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






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






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






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






29. The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing






30. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






31. Napoleon staged a coup d'






32. End of Japan's Genroku period.






33. War of the Polish Succession.






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






35. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






36. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.






37. The South Sea Bubble






38. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






40. Upper Canada bans slavery.






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






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






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






44. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






45. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






46. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.






47. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.






48. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree






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






50. The French Revolution