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18th Century Timeline

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1. George III became King of Britain.






2. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






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






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






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






7. First French Quaker community established in Cong






8. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






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






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






12. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.






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






14. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.






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






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






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






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






20. First Anglo-Maratha War






21. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






23. George III became King of Britain.






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






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






26. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






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






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






29. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.






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






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






32. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






34. The French Revolution






35. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






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






38. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto






39. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






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






42. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






43. Russo-Persian War






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






45. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia






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






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






48. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.






49. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War






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