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18th Century Timeline

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1. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






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






3. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.






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






5. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






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






7. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston






8. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn






9. American Revolutionary War






10. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






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






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






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






14. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






16. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.






17. The Lisbon earthquake






18. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






19. Quasi-War between the United States and France.






20. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






22. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






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






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






25. Inconfid






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






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






28. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.






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






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






31. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






33. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






35. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






36. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






38. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






39. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






40. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






42. 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.






43. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn






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






45. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






46. Russo-Turkish War






47. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.






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






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






50. The South Sea Bubble







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