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18th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






5. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






6. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






7. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






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






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






11. First Anglo-Maratha War






12. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






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






14. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.






15. 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.






16. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






17. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






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






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






20. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.






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






22. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






31. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs






32. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






33. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






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






36. George III became King of Britain.






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






38. Russo-Turkish War.






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






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






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






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






43. End of Japan's Genroku period.






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






45. The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing






46. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






47. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






49. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






50. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.