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18th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan






4. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.






5. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






6. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






7. Inconfid






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






9. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia






10. Anglo-Spanish War






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






12. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.






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






14. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.






15. The Lisbon earthquake






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






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. End of Japan's Genroku period.






19. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772






20. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






22. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains






23. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






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. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






26. End of Japan's Genroku period.






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






28. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






29. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick






30. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine






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






32. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






33. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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35. The French and Indian War - Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and their allies and the English and their allies. The North American chapter of the Seven Years' War.






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






37. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






38. Imam Sheikh Mansur - a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic - led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian invaders.






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






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






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






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






43. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






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






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






47. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan






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






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






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