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18th Century Timeline

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1. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






2. Russo-Turkish War






3. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.






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






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






6. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine






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






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






9. The Lisbon earthquake






10. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






11. Peak of the Little Ice Age






12. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






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






14. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






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






16. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






26. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






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






29. First Anglo-Maratha War






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






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






32. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






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






35. Camisard Rebellion in France.






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






37. Cotton mills were first opened in England






38. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






39. Upper Canada bans slavery.






40. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






41. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






43. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.






44. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






45. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






47. 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






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






49. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






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