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18th Century Timeline

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1. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population






2. George III became King of Britain.






3. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






4. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






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






6. Anglo-Mysore Wars






7. 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






8. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






9. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






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






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






12. The Haitian Revolution






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






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






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






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






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






19. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






20. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






21. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






22. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






23. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






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






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






26. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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28. 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.






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






30. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






32. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






33. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.






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42. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession






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






44. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






45. War of the Austrian Succession






46. The French Revolution






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






48. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






50. The 'Great Disaster'







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