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18th Century Timeline

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1. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






2. The French and Indian War - Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and their allies and the English and their allies. The North American chapter of the Seven Years' War.






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






4. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.






5. The South Sea Bubble






6. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






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






8. War of the Austrian Succession






9. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






10. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.






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






12. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.






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






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






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






16. American Revolutionary War






17. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






18. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.






19. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






20. Russo-Persian War






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






22. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






23. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






24. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






25. The French Revolution






26. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain






27. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






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






29. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






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






32. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






33. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.






34. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






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






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






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






39. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.






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






41. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.






42. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






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






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






45. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






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






47. The 'Great Disaster'






48. War of the Polish Succession.






49. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






50. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.