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18th Century Timeline

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1. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






2. End of Japan's Genroku period.






3. Russo-Persian War






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






5. War of the Polish Succession.






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






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






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






9. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






11. 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






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






13. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.






14. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






16. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.






17. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






20. Anglo-Spanish War






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






22. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






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






25. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






26. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






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






28. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu






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






30. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






31. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick






38. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






39. Polish revolt






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






41. Upper Canada bans slavery.






42. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






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






45. The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the EastIndies and English Company Trading to the EastIndies merged to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the EastIndies.






46. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






47. The Haitian Revolution






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49. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






50. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish







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