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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.






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






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






5. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






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






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






8. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






10. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






11. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia






12. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.






13. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.






14. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






16. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.






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






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






19. First Anglo-Maratha War






20. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






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22. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.






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






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






25. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






26. War of the Polish Succession.






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






28. Napoleon staged a coup d'






29. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.






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






31. Polish revolt






32. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






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






34. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






36. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.






37. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.






38. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






40. The Lisbon earthquake






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






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






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






44. Russo-Turkish War






45. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.






46. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia






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






48. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






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