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18th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.






5. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






6. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






7. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War






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






9. The Great Plague of Marseille






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11. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.






12. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






20. War of the Austrian Succession






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






22. Revolt in the Vend






23. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.






24. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






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






27. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






29. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






30. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






32. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.






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






34. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






35. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.






36. The South Sea Bubble






37. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






38. 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.






39. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.






40. Camisard Rebellion in France.






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42. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






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






45. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland






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






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






48. Camisard Rebellion in France.






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






50. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs







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