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18th Century Timeline

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1. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire






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






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






4. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.






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






6. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.






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






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






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






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






11. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






12. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).






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






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






15. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.






16. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






17. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.






18. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






20. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






21. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






22. American Revolutionary War






23. War of the Austrian Succession






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






25. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.






26. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






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






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






29. First French Quaker community established in Cong






30. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






32. The French Revolution






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






34. Upper Canada bans slavery.






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






36. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






38. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America






39. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






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






41. Russo-Persian War






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






43. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.






44. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






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






47. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






50. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails