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18th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






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






6. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






7. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.






8. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






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






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






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






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






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






14. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






15. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






16. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






18. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






20. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






21. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






23. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.






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






25. 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.






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






27. War of the Polish Succession.






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






29. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






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






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






33. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






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






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






36. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






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






39. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






40. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






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






42. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto






43. Cotton mills were first opened in England






44. Russo-Turkish War.






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






46. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






47. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






48. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.






49. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.






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