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18th Century Timeline

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1. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic






2. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






3. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.






4. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






5. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






6. War of the Polish Succession.






7. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come






8. End of Japan's Genroku period.






9. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






10. The 'Great Disaster'






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






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






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






14. Inconfid






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






16. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.






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






18. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






19. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






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






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






23. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






24. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come






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






26. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






27. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War






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






29. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia






30. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






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






32. 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.






33. Russo-Turkish War.






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






35. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






36. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






37. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






38. Polish revolt






39. American Revolutionary War






40. Napoleon staged a coup d'






41. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.






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






43. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






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






45. First Anglo-Maratha War






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






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






48. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.






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






50. The Plague Riot in Moscow.