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18th Century Timeline

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1. War of the Austrian Succession






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






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






4. The Haitian Revolution






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






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






7. The R






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






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






10. Peak of the Little Ice Age






11. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






13. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).






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






15. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.






16. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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






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






27. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






28. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






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






31. Quasi-War between the United States and France.






32. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






33. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






35. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession






36. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu






37. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






38. George III became King of Britain.






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






40. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






41. War of the Polish Succession.






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






43. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession






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






45. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






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






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






48. First Anglo-Maratha War






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






50. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.