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18th Century Timeline

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1. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.






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






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






13. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.






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






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






16. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn






17. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






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






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






21. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto






22. The French Revolution






23. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






24. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






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






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






27. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree






28. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






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






30. Camisard Rebellion in France.






31. Anglo-Spanish War






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






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






34. Anglo-Mysore Wars






35. George III became King of Britain.






36. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.






37. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






38. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






39. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






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






42. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






43. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.






44. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






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






47. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






48. The South Sea Bubble






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






50. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.