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18th Century Timeline

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1. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






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






3. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America






4. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. Cotton mills were first opened in England






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






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






12. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.






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






14. War of the Austrian Succession






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






16. Cotton mills were first opened in England






17. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






18. Upper Canada bans slavery.






19. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






20. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






21. The South Sea Bubble






22. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






23. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






25. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.






26. Revolt in the Vend






27. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






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






30. American Revolutionary War






31. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






33. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






34. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






35. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.






36. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.






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






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






39. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






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






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






42. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






43. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.






44. War of the Polish Succession.






45. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.






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






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






48. Russo-Turkish War.






49. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






50. Peak of the Little Ice Age