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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






3. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






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






13. Russo-Turkish War.






14. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






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






16. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.






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






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






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






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






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






22. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






23. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






25. First French Quaker community established in Cong






26. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.






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






28. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.






29. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island






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






31. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






32. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






34. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






36. The 'Great Disaster'






37. 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.






38. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






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






40. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






41. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.






42. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.






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






44. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






46. The Haitian Revolution






47. War of the Austrian Succession






48. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






49. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.






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