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18th Century Timeline

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1. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






2. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War






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






4. First Anglo-Maratha War






5. Camisard Rebellion in France.






6. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






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






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






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






11. War of the Polish Succession.






12. George III became King of Britain.






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






14. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






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






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






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






19. Polish revolt






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






21. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






22. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






23. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






24. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






33. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






34. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






35. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






36. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast






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






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






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






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






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






42. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.






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






44. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






46. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia






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






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






49. Russo-Turkish War






50. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.







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