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18th Century Timeline

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1. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






2. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






3. Upper Canada bans slavery.






4. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






6. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






8. Camisard Rebellion in France.






9. The R






10. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






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






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






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






14. The Haitian Revolution






15. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






16. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






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






18. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






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






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






22. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.






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






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






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






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






27. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.






28. End of Japan's Genroku period.






29. The R






30. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






31. War of the Austrian Succession






32. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.






33. The 'Great Disaster'






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






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






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






37. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






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






40. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






41. Napoleon staged a coup d'






42. First French Quaker community established in Cong






43. 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






44. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






46. War of the Polish Succession.






47. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






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






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







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