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18th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






5. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






6. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland






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






8. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.






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






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






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






12. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






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






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






16. Upper Canada bans slavery.






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






18. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






20. First French Quaker community established in Cong






21. The 'Great Disaster'






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






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






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






25. Inconfid






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






27. Quasi-War between the United States and France.






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






29. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






31. First Anglo-Maratha War






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






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






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






35. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






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






38. Revolt in the Vend






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






40. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






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






42. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






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






44. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






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






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






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






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