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18th Century Timeline

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






2. The Haitian Revolution






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






4. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War






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






6. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






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






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






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






11. Anglo-Spanish War






12. American Revolutionary War






13. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






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






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






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






18. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






19. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.






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






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






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






23. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






24. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






25. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






26. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






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






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






30. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






31. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






32. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






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






35. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






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






39. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain






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






41. American Revolutionary War






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






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






44. Inconfid






45. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






47. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






48. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






49. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






50. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.