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18th Century Timeline

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1. Cotton mills were first opened in England






2. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






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






4. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree






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






6. The 'Great Disaster'






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






8. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






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






11. War of the Austrian Succession






12. Revolt in the Vend






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






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






15. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






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






18. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine






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






20. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






21. Russo-Turkish War.






22. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






23. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






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






26. 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






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






28. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






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






30. Anglo-Spanish War






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






32. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina






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






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






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






36. War of the Polish Succession.






37. The South Sea Bubble






38. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






39. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






40. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree






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






42. Russo-Turkish War






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






44. 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.






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






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






47. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






48. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






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