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18th Century Timeline

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1. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






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






4. The 'Great Disaster'






5. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






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






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






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






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






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






11. Russo-Turkish War.






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






13. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.






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






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






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






23. End of Japan's Genroku period.






24. Russo-Turkish War.






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






26. Upper Canada bans slavery.






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






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






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






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






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






32. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






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






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






35. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






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






38. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.






39. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






40. American Revolutionary War






41. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.






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






43. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.






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






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






46. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






47. 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.






48. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






49. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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