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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession






3. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






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






6. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






7. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






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






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






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






12. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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14. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






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






17. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.






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






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






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






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






22. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






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






24. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.






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






26. 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.






27. End of Japan's Genroku period.






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






29. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.






30. Polish revolt






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






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






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






34. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession






35. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.






36. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






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






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






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






41. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






42. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






43. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.






44. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






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






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






48. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






49. Upper Canada bans slavery.






50. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish