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18th Century Timeline

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1. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






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






4. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






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






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






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






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






10. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






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






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






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






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






16. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






17. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






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






19. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






20. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






22. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






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






24. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.






25. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






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






27. Revolt in the Vend






28. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.






29. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.






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31. 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.






32. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






33. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective






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






35. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






36. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.






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






38. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






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






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






41. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






43. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic






44. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






46. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston






47. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.






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






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






50. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.