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18th Century Timeline

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1. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






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






3. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.






4. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.






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






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






7. Russo-Turkish War.






8. End of Japan's Genroku period.






9. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






10. First Anglo-Maratha War






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






16. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






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






19. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






20. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.






21. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






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






24. Quasi-War between the United States and France.






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






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






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






28. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






30. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






31. Inconfid






32. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






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






35. The Great Plague of Marseille






36. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






37. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






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






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






40. The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing






41. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






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






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






44. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






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






47. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






48. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.






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






50. The Haitian Revolution