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18th Century Timeline

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1. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






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






3. The French Revolution






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






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






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






7. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






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






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






11. War of the Polish Succession.






12. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






13. The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing






14. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession






15. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772






16. First Anglo-Maratha War






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






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






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






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






21. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.






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






23. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






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






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






26. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






32. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






33. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






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






35. The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the EastIndies and English Company Trading to the EastIndies merged to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the EastIndies.






36. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






37. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston






38. The Haitian Revolution






39. End of Japan's Genroku period.






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






41. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston






42. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






43. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






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






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






46. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






47. Polish revolt






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






49. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






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