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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






3. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






4. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






5. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






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






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






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






9. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick






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






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






12. War of the Austrian Succession






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






14. Cotton mills were first opened in England






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






16. Anglo-Spanish War






17. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.






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






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






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






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






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






25. Camisard Rebellion in France.






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






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






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






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






30. The Lisbon earthquake






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






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






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






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






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






36. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.






37. The Great Plague of Marseille






38. The South Sea Bubble






39. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War






40. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.






41. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






43. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






44. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






45. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






46. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






47. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains






48. The French Revolution






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






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







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