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18th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






5. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






7. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






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






9. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






10. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






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






13. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






14. Napoleon staged a coup d'






15. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






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






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






18. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






19. Camisard Rebellion in France.






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






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






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






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






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






25. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.






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






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






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29. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.






30. The South Sea Bubble






31. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






32. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs






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






34. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.






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






36. War of the Austrian Succession






37. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






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






40. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






41. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).






42. The 'Great Disaster'






43. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.






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






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






46. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






47. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






48. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






49. The 'Great Disaster'






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