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18th Century Timeline

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






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






3. George III became King of Britain.






4. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






5. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






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






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






9. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.






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






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






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






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






14. Russo-Persian War






15. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






16. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






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






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






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






21. American Revolutionary War






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






23. The Great Plague of Marseille






24. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






26. Polish revolt






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






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






29. Camisard Rebellion in France.






30. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






31. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement






32. Anglo-Spanish War






33. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






36. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.






37. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






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






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






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






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






43. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






44. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






45. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.






46. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






49. The 'Great Disaster'






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