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18th Century Timeline

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.






2. Russo-Persian War






3. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






4. Anglo-Mysore Wars






5. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.






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






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






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






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






10. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






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






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






13. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






14. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






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






17. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn






18. Upper Canada bans slavery.






19. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






20. The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the EastIndies and English Company Trading to the EastIndies merged to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the EastIndies.






21. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






22. George III became King of Britain.






23. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






24. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






25. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






26. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population






27. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






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






29. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.






30. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.






31. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






32. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






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






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






36. Cotton mills were first opened in England






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






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






39. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






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






41. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






43. 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.






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






45. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession






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






47. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






48. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






49. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.






50. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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