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18th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






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






6. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






7. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.






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






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






10. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






12. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






13. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






14. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.






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






16. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






17. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






18. 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.






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






20. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.






21. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






23. Quasi-War between the United States and France.






24. First French Quaker community established in Cong






25. War of the Austrian Succession






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






27. War of the Polish Succession.






28. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






29. The 'Great Disaster'






30. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






31. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto






32. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






34. Anglo-Mysore Wars






35. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






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






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






39. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






41. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






42. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






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






45. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






46. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






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






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






49. Polish revolt






50. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.