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18th Century Timeline

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1. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






2. Napoleon staged a coup d'






3. 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.






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






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






6. Cotton mills were first opened in England






7. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.






8. The French Revolution






9. Russo-Persian War






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






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






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






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






14. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






16. Anglo-Mysore Wars






17. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)






18. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






20. Inconfid






21. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.






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






23. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






24. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






26. 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.






27. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






28. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






29. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.






30. End of Japan's Genroku period.






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






32. 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.






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






34. Polish revolt






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






36. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.






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






38. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






40. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






42. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






43. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






44. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.






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






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






47. Russo-Turkish War.






48. Russo-Turkish War






49. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession






50. The Plague Riot in Moscow.