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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






3. Cotton mills were first opened in England






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






5. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






6. Imam Sheikh Mansur - a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic - led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian invaders.






7. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






8. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






9. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.






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






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






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






13. End of Japan's Genroku period.






14. 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






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






16. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.






17. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






18. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






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






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






21. First French Quaker community established in Cong






22. American Revolutionary War






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






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






25. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






26. Anglo-Spanish War






27. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






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






29. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






30. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.






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






32. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.






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






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






35. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






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






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






38. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






40. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






41. The 'Great Disaster'






42. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






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






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






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






46. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






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






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






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






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