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18th Century Timeline

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1. Russo-Turkish War






2. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






3. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.






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






5. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.






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






7. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






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






10. First French Quaker community established in Cong






11. Upper Canada bans slavery.






12. The South Sea Bubble






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






14. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






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






17. Russo-Persian War






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






19. Napoleon staged a coup d'






20. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772






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






22. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






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






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






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






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






28. Russo-Turkish War.






29. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree






30. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






31. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.






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






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






34. Anglo-Mysore Wars






35. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






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






37. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.






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






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






40. The Haitian Revolution






41. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






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






44. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






46. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






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






48. War of the Austrian Succession






49. War of the Polish Succession.






50. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.