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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Upper Canada bans slavery.






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






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






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






6. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






7. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






8. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






9. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






10. 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.






11. The R






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






13. End of Japan's Genroku period.






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






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






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






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






18. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






20. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






21. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.






22. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






23. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






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






26. War of the Polish Succession.






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






28. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan






29. The 'Great Disaster'






30. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






32. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.






33. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






35. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






36. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






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






38. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






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






40. Anglo-Spanish War






41. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






42. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.






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






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






45. Revolt in the Vend






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






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






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






49. The Haitian Revolution






50. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church