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18th Century Timeline

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1. First French Quaker community established in Cong






2. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






3. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.






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5. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.






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






7. End of Japan's Genroku period.






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






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






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






11. Russo-Turkish War






12. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






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






14. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






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






16. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






17. Russo-Persian War






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






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






20. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






22. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






23. War of the Austrian Succession






24. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






26. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.






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






28. Russo-Turkish War.






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






30. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






32. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






34. The South Sea Bubble






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






36. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu






37. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.






38. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.






39. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.






40. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans






41. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






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






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






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






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






47. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






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






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