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18th Century Timeline

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1. Revolt in the Vend






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






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






4. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






5. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






7. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






8. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






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






10. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population






11. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






12. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






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






14. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






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






17. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.






18. Russo-Turkish War.






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






20. The South Sea Bubble






21. Anglo-Spanish War






22. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War






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






24. Upper Canada bans slavery.






25. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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






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






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






29. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain






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






31. War of the Polish Succession.






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






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






34. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






36. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.






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






38. End of Japan's Genroku period.






39. End of Japan's Genroku period.






40. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






41. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.






42. Upper Canada bans slavery.






43. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






44. The R






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






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






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






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






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






50. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain