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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






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






5. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.






6. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






7. War of the Austrian Succession






8. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






9. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






10. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






11. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






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






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






14. The Lisbon earthquake






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






23. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






24. The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the EastIndies and English Company Trading to the EastIndies merged to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the EastIndies.






25. War of the Austrian Succession






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






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






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






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






30. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






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






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






35. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






37. Russo-Turkish War






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






39. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






41. Anglo-Spanish War






42. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






43. The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing






44. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






46. Russo-Turkish War






47. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






49. The South Sea Bubble






50. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible