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18th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






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






6. Polish revolt






7. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.






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






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






10. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






12. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






13. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






14. War of the Polish Succession.






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






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






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






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






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






20. Russo-Persian War






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






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






23. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






25. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement






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






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






28. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto






29. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






31. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






32. Camisard Rebellion in France.






33. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






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






36. Anglo-Spanish War






37. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






38. The 'Great Disaster'






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






40. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.






41. George III became King of Britain.






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






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






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






45. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






46. Imam Sheikh Mansur - a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic - led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian invaders.






47. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.






48. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






49. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






50. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails