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18th Century Timeline

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






2. The 'Great Disaster'






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






4. The French Revolution






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






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






7. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.






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






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






10. Russo-Turkish War






11. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






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






13. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.






14. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






15. Camisard Rebellion in France.






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






17. Russo-Turkish War






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






19. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






21. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






22. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






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






24. 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






25. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






26. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.






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






35. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.






36. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.






37. First Anglo-Maratha War






38. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






39. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






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






42. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






43. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






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






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






46. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






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






49. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.






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