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18th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






9. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






10. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






11. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






12. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






14. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






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






17. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






18. End of Japan's Genroku period.






19. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






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






21. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






22. First French Quaker community established in Cong






23. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.






24. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu






25. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






26. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.






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






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






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






30. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. War of the Polish Succession.






39. End of Japan's Genroku period.






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






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






42. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






43. Polish revolt






44. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.






45. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).






46. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)






47. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.






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






49. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






50. The South Sea Bubble