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18th Century Timeline

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1. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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






3. Upper Canada bans slavery.






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






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






6. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






7. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






8. The Haitian Revolution






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






10. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






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






13. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






15. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.






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






17. Camisard Rebellion in France.






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






25. Russo-Persian War






26. Inconfid






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






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






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






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






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






32. The French Revolution






33. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






34. American Revolutionary War






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






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






37. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.






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






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






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






41. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






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






43. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






44. 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.






45. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






47. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






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






49. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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