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18th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. Russo-Turkish War






5. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.






6. American Revolutionary War






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






8. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






10. Russo-Turkish War.






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.






16. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu






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






18. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.






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






20. The Lisbon earthquake






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






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






23. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






25. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.






26. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






27. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






29. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. The French Revolution






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






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






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40. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






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






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






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






44. Napoleon staged a coup d'






45. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






46. War of the Austrian Succession






47. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.






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






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






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