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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






3. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance






4. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.






5. Russo-Turkish War.






6. George III became King of Britain.






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






8. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island






9. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






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






11. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






13. First French Quaker community established in Cong






14. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






15. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






16. The Haitian Revolution






17. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.






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






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






20. Napoleon staged a coup d'






21. Revolt in the Vend






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






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






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






25. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.






26. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






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






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






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






30. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






31. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population






32. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






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






34. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.






35. George III became King of Britain.






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






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






38. End of Japan's Genroku period.






39. Anglo-Mysore Wars






40. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.






41. The South Sea Bubble






42. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.






43. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.






44. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






45. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






47. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






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






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