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18th Century Timeline

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1. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






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






4. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






5. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. Upper Canada bans slavery.






11. Russo-Turkish War






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






13. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.






14. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






15. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






16. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






17. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






18. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






20. Cotton mills were first opened in England






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






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






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






24. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire






25. War of the Austrian Succession






26. Camisard Rebellion in France.






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






28. American Revolutionary War






29. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






30. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






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






33. Polish revolt






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






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






36. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






37. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






38. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






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






41. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






42. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






43. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.






44. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






45. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






46. Russo-Turkish War.






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






48. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.






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






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