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18th Century Timeline

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1. War of the Polish Succession.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






9. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






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






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






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






14. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






15. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






17. 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






18. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






20. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






21. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.






22. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






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






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






26. The Lisbon earthquake






27. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).






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






29. Russo-Turkish War






30. Napoleon staged a coup d'






31. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






32. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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






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






35. Revolt in the Vend






36. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.






37. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.






38. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.






39. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.






40. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.






41. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






42. Cotton mills were first opened in England






43. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.






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






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






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






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






48. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.






49. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






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







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