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18th Century Timeline

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1. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.






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






3. Russo-Persian War






4. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






5. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






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






8. The Great Plague of Marseille






9. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






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






12. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire






13. Camisard Rebellion in France.






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






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






16. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






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






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






19. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






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






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






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






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






24. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






25. The French and Indian War - Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and their allies and the English and their allies. The North American chapter of the Seven Years' War.






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






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






28. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






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






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






32. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.






33. Polish revolt






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






35. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance






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






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






38. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






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






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






41. The Haitian Revolution






42. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






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






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






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






47. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






48. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






49. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






50. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.