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18th Century Timeline

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1. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






2. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






3. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






5. Russo-Turkish War






6. The Haitian Revolution






7. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






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






16. George III became King of Britain.






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






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






19. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






20. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






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






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






24. Anglo-Spanish War






25. Cotton mills were first opened in England






26. Polish revolt






27. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






28. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






29. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






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






32. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






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






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






35. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.






36. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






37. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.






38. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






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






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






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






42. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






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






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






45. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






47. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






48. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






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