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18th Century Timeline

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1. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






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






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






4. Russo-Turkish War






5. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic






6. 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.






7. The 'Great Disaster'






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






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






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






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






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






13. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick






14. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.






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






16. 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.






17. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






18. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.






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






20. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






21. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






23. Camisard Rebellion in France.






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






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






26. 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.






27. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






29. War of the Polish Succession.






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






31. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






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






34. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.






35. End of Japan's Genroku period.






36. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






37. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






38. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






40. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






41. Anglo-Spanish War






42. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






43. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






44. Russo-Persian War






45. The South Sea Bubble






46. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






47. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come






48. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






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