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18th Century Timeline

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1. First Anglo-Maratha War






2. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.






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






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5. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






6. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






7. War of the Polish Succession.






8. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.






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






10. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come






11. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






12. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






13. 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.






14. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






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






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






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






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






20. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






21. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.






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






23. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.






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.






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26. Russo-Turkish War






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






28. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






30. Russo-Turkish War.






31. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.






32. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






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






35. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






37. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.






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






39. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






41. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






42. War of the Austrian Succession






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






44. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






45. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island






46. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






47. War of the Austrian Succession






48. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






49. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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