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18th Century Timeline

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1. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






2. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.






3. 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.






4. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






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






7. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






8. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick






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






10. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






11. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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






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






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






15. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






16. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






17. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






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






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






21. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






22. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






24. First Anglo-Maratha War






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






26. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






27. Russo-Turkish War.






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






29. War of the Austrian Succession






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






31. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






32. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






34. Inconfid






35. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast






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






37. The R






38. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






39. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






40. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast






41. The South Sea Bubble






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






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






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






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






46. Cotton mills were first opened in England






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






48. The 'Great Disaster'






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






50. The Haitian Revolution