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18th Century Timeline

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1. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.






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






3. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






5. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






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






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






9. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






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






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






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






14. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






15. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto






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






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






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






19. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.






20. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






21. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance






22. The French Revolution






23. Inconfid






24. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






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






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






28. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.






29. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)






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






31. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






33. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






34. George III became King of Britain.






35. Russo-Turkish War






36. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






37. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.






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






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






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






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






42. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.






43. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)






44. Anglo-Spanish War






45. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance






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






47. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






48. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






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