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18th Century Timeline

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1. Polish revolt






2. Camisard Rebellion in France.






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






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






5. First Anglo-Maratha War






6. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War






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






8. Anglo-Spanish War






9. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.






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






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






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






13. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.






14. Cotton mills were first opened in England






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. Camisard Rebellion in France.






26. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






27. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






28. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






30. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.






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






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






33. The 'Great Disaster'






34. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston






35. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






36. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






37. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






39. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.






40. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






47. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






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






50. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'