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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






3. The Haitian Revolution






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






5. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






6. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






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






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






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






11. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.






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






13. 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.






14. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)






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






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






18. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.






19. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






20. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






22. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772






23. First Anglo-Maratha War






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






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






26. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






27. War of the Austrian Succession






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






29. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.






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






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






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






33. Camisard Rebellion in France.






34. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.






35. 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.






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






37. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






38. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






39. The South Sea Bubble






40. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






42. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






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






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






46. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






47. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






48. Upper Canada bans slavery.






49. Anglo-Spanish War






50. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible