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18th Century Timeline

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1. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.






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






3. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.






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






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






6. Russo-Turkish War.






7. Anglo-Spanish War






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9. 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.






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11. Peak of the Little Ice Age






12. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






13. The French Revolution






14. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)






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






16. Russo-Turkish War






17. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.






18. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






19. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






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






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






23. The French Revolution






24. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs






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






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






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






28. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.






29. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






30. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.






31. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






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






33. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.






34. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






35. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.






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






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






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






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






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






41. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






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






44. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






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






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






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






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






50. American Revolutionary War