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18th Century Timeline

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1. The Haitian Revolution






2. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






3. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






4. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






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






6. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






8. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.






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






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






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






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






13. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.






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






15. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.






16. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






17. Russo-Turkish War.






18. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






20. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu






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






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






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






24. Camisard Rebellion in France.






25. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






26. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.






27. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.






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






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30. American Revolutionary War






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






32. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.






33. The Haitian Revolution






34. Russo-Persian War






35. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






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38. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






39. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.






40. The 'Great Disaster'






41. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






43. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






45. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






46. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance






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






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






49. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






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