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18th Century Timeline

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1. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






2. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.






3. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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






5. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.






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






7. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. American Revolutionary War






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






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






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






20. George III became King of Britain.






21. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






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






24. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






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






27. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






28. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






29. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






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






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






32. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






33. 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






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






35. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






36. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






37. Revolt in the Vend






38. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






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






40. 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






41. Inconfid






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






43. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






44. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






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






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






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






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






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






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