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18th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






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






7. Upper Canada bans slavery.






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






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






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






11. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.






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






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






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






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






16. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






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






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






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






20. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.






21. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






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






23. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






24. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






25. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs






26. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






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






28. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






29. Revolt in the Vend






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






31. War of the Austrian Succession






32. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.






33. The Lisbon earthquake






34. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






35. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






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37. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






38. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






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






41. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






42. George III became King of Britain.






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44. War of the Austrian Succession






45. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






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






48. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






49. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






50. The South Sea Bubble







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