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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






3. Anglo-Mysore Wars






4. Russo-Turkish War






5. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.






6. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






7. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






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






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






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






13. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






14. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.






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






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






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






18. The 'Great Disaster'






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






20. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






21. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War






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






31. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






32. The French Revolution






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






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






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






36. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






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






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






40. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






41. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War






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






43. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






44. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






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






47. The South Sea Bubble






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






49. The French Revolution






50. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.