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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Camisard Rebellion in France.






3. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.






4. First French Quaker community established in Cong






5. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






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






7. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.






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






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






10. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






18. Peak of the Little Ice Age






19. End of Japan's Genroku period.






20. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






21. American Revolutionary War






22. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






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






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






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






26. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






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






29. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






30. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






32. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






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






35. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






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






37. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






38. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






39. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.






40. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.






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






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






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






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






46. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.






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






48. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






50. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England