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18th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Imam Sheikh Mansur - a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic - led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian invaders.






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






5. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






7. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.






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






9. Russo-Turkish War






10. Anglo-Mysore Wars






11. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






12. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast






13. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






15. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






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18. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






19. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.






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






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






22. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






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






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






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






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






27. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






29. Cotton mills were first opened in England






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






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






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






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






34. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans






35. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






36. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.






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






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






39. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance






40. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






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






43. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession






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






45. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






46. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






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






49. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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