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18th Century Timeline

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1. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






2. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






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






6. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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






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






9. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






10. The Great Plague of Marseille






11. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.






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






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






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






15. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.






16. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective






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






18. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






20. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.






21. Peak of the Little Ice Age






22. War of the Polish Succession.






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






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






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






26. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.






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






28. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






29. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






30. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn






31. Napoleon staged a coup d'






32. First French Quaker community established in Cong






33. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War






34. Camisard Rebellion in France.






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






36. 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.






37. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






38. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.






39. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






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






41. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






42. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






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






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






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






46. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






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






48. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn






49. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






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