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18th Century Timeline

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






2. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






3. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.






4. George III became King of Britain.






5. The Great Plague of Marseille






6. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






8. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






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






10. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.






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






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






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






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






15. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






16. Russo-Turkish War.






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






24. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






26. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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






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






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






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






31. Polish revolt






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






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






34. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






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






37. American Revolutionary War






38. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






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






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






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






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






43. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






45. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






46. Camisard Rebellion in France.






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






48. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






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