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18th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






6. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.






7. Revolt in the Vend






8. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






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






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






11. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






13. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.






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






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






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






17. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.






18. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






19. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.






20. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






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






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






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






24. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






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






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28. The French Revolution






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






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






31. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






32. American Revolutionary War






33. War of the Austrian Succession






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






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






36. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






37. American Revolutionary War






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






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






40. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






41. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. The South Sea Bubble






50. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.