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18th Century Timeline

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






2. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






3. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






5. End of Japan's Genroku period.






6. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast






7. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






8. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






9. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






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






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






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






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






14. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






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






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






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






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






20. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






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






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






24. George III became King of Britain.






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






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






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






28. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






29. Russo-Persian War






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






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






32. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.






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






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






35. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






36. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






37. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






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






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






40. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






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






43. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






44. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






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






48. The R






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






50. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.







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