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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






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






5. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






6. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






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






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






9. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come






10. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






11. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






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






13. 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.






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






15. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






17. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






18. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






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






21. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.






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






23. Russo-Turkish War






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






25. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






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






28. Cotton mills were first opened in England






29. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






30. The Haitian Revolution






31. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772






32. Camisard Rebellion in France.






33. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






34. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia






35. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population






36. Anglo-Mysore Wars






37. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.






38. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.






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






40. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






41. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






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






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






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






46. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






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






48. First Anglo-Maratha War






49. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.






50. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population