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18th Century Timeline

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1. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island






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






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






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






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






6. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






7. Camisard Rebellion in France.






8. Cotton mills were first opened in England






9. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






15. 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.






16. War of the Polish Succession.






17. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan






18. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






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






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






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






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






23. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






24. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






25. 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.






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






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






28. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






30. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






31. The French Revolution






32. Russo-Turkish War






33. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






34. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






35. The Haitian Revolution






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






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






38. The 'Great Disaster'






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






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






41. The R






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






43. Upper Canada bans slavery.






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






45. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






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






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






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






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






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