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18th Century Timeline

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1. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






2. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.






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






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






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






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






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






11. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






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






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






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






15. Russo-Turkish War.






16. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






17. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War






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






19. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






20. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War






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






22. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






24. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






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






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






27. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






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






30. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick






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






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






33. The French Revolution






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






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






36. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.






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






38. George III became King of Britain.






39. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.






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






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






42. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






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






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






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






47. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






48. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






49. Cotton mills were first opened in England






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