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18th Century Timeline

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






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






3. The Lisbon earthquake






4. War of the Austrian Succession






5. Polish revolt






6. The Haitian Revolution






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






8. The French Revolution






9. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






11. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






12. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






20. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






21. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.






22. Anglo-Spanish War






23. Russo-Persian War






24. The Haitian Revolution






25. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






28. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






29. First Anglo-Maratha War






30. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina






31. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.






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






33. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






34. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






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






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






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






39. The French Revolution






40. The Great Plague of Marseille






41. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.






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43. Russo-Turkish War






44. Russo-Turkish War.






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






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






47. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.






48. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.






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






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