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18th Century Timeline

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1. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






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






3. 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.






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






5. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






7. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain






8. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






9. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






11. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






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






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






15. Cotton mills were first opened in England






16. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






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






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






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






20. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






21. Russo-Turkish War






22. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.






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






24. Cotton mills were first opened in England






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






26. 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.






27. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






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






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






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






31. Napoleon staged a coup d'






32. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.






33. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.






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






35. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






36. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)






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






38. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)






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






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






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






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






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






44. Anglo-Mysore Wars






45. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






47. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






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






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