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18th Century Timeline

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






2. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.






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






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






5. Russo-Persian War






6. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






7. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.






8. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






9. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.






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






11. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.






12. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






13. Napoleon staged a coup d'






14. Anglo-Spanish War






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






16. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War






17. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






19. End of Japan's Genroku period.






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






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






22. Inconfid






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






24. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






25. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






27. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)






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






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






30. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






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






32. Napoleon staged a coup d'






33. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






34. 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.






35. The Haitian Revolution






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






37. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






39. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.






40. Anglo-Spanish War






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






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






43. The South Sea Bubble






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






45. Upper Canada bans slavery.






46. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)






47. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






48. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






49. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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







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