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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Russo-Persian War






3. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.






4. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.






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






6. Polish revolt






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






8. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.






9. 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






10. American Revolutionary War






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






12. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






13. The 'Great Disaster'






14. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)






15. The French and Indian War - Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and their allies and the English and their allies. The North American chapter of the Seven Years' War.






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






17. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






18. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.






19. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






21. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).






22. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






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25. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






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






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






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






30. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






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33. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






34. Revolt in the Vend






35. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.






36. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)






37. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






40. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






41. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






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






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






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






45. The French Revolution






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






47. War of the Polish Succession.






48. 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.






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






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