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18th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Russo-Persian War






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






5. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






6. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






7. Russo-Turkish War.






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






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






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






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






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






13. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.






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






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






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






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






18. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.






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






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






21. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement






22. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






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






34. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic






35. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






36. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.






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






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






39. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.






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






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






42. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






43. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






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






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






47. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






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






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