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18th Century Timeline

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1. War of the Polish Succession.






2. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn






3. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






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






5. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






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






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






9. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






10. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






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






13. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






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






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






16. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






18. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






19. Polish revolt






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






21. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.






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






23. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






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






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






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






27. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






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






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






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






31. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






33. Camisard Rebellion in France.






34. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)






35. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






36. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






37. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






39. Russo-Turkish War.






40. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






41. Russo-Persian War






42. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.






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






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






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






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






47. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






49. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






50. 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.







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