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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-Turkish War.






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






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






5. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.






6. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.






7. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






8. Upper Canada bans slavery.






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






10. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






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






12. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






14. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






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






16. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






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






18. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan






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






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






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






22. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






23. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






24. Revolt in the Vend






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






26. 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.






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






28. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






29. Napoleon staged a coup d'






30. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






32. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






33. 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.






34. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






35. George III became King of Britain.






36. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






37. 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.






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






39. Peak of the Little Ice Age






40. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






41. Russo-Turkish War






42. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






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






44. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






45. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






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






48. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






49. Anglo-Spanish War






50. American Revolutionary War