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18th Century Timeline

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1. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective






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






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






4. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.






5. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree






6. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.






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






8. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






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






10. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






11. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






13. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain






14. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






15. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.






16. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






17. The Haitian Revolution






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






19. Anglo-Spanish War






20. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






22. Camisard Rebellion in France.






23. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population






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






25. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain






26. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






27. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






29. Russo-Turkish War.






30. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn






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






32. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America






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






34. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan






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






36. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






37. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.






38. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






39. First French Quaker community established in Cong






40. Russo-Turkish War.






41. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






42. The R






43. War of the Polish Succession.






44. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.






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






46. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






47. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine






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






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






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