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18th Century Timeline

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






2. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.






3. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






4. First Anglo-Maratha War






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






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






7. The 'Great Disaster'






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






9. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






10. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






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






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






13. 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.






14. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






15. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






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






18. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






21. American Revolutionary War






22. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






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






25. Revolt in the Vend






26. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






28. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






29. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






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






31. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






33. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






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






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






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






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






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






39. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






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






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






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






44. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






45. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






46. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






47. The Lisbon earthquake






48. 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.






49. The French Revolution






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