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18th Century Timeline

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1. Upper Canada bans slavery.






2. The Haitian Revolution






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






4. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






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






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






7. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






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






10. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






12. Russo-Turkish War






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






14. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






15. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






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






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






19. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






20. Napoleon staged a coup d'






21. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.






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






23. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






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






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






26. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






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29. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






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






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






32. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






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






35. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






36. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






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






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






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






41. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






42. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.






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






44. Russo-Turkish War






45. 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.






46. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






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






49. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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