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18th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






5. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.






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






7. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






8. War of the Austrian Succession






9. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)






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






11. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






13. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.






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






15. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






16. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






17. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.






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






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






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






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






22. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






24. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






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






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






27. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






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






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






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






31. First Anglo-Maratha War






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






33. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto






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






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






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






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






38. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War






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






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






41. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






43. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






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






46. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






47. The Haitian Revolution






48. Revolt in the Vend






49. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






50. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.