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18th Century Timeline

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1. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






2. War of the Polish Succession.






3. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






5. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






7. Anglo-Spanish War






8. The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the EastIndies and English Company Trading to the EastIndies merged to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the EastIndies.






9. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






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






12. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






13. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






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






16. The Haitian Revolution






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






18. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






20. The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing






21. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






23. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






24. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






25. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.






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






27. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






28. End of Japan's Genroku period.






29. Anglo-Mysore Wars






30. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






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






32. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






34. War of the Polish Succession.






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






36. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island






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






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






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






40. Russo-Persian War






41. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






42. Russo-Turkish War






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






44. 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.






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






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






47. First Anglo-Maratha War






48. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






49. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree






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