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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Polish revolt






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






4. Inconfid






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






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






7. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






8. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.






9. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






10. War of the Austrian Succession






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






12. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






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






15. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






17. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






18. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






19. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






20. Polish revolt






21. War of the Austrian Succession






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






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






24. The French Revolution






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






26. Anglo-Mysore Wars






27. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






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






29. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.






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






31. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.






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






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






34. Russo-Turkish War






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






36. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






37. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.






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






39. The 'Great Disaster'






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






41. End of Japan's Genroku period.






42. Cotton mills were first opened in England






43. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






44. 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.






45. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population






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






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






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






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






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







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