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18th Century Timeline

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1. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.






2. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






3. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






5. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






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






8. War of the Austrian Succession






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






10. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






12. 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.






13. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






15. Russo-Turkish War.






16. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.






17. Revolt in the Vend






18. The French Revolution






19. Russo-Persian War






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






21. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






22. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain






23. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






25. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






26. Polish revolt






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






28. War of the Polish Succession.






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






30. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast






31. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.






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






33. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






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






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






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






37. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






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






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






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






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






43. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






44. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






45. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






46. The 'Great Disaster'






47. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






48. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






49. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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