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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






4. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






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






6. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






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






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






9. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






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






12. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






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






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






16. Peak of the Little Ice Age






17. Revolt in the Vend






18. The Great Plague of Marseille






19. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia






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






21. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire






22. Upper Canada bans slavery.






23. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.






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






25. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War






26. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain






27. Polish revolt






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29. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






30. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






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






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






34. Revolt in the Vend






35. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






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






37. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






38. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.






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






40. Russo-Turkish War






41. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






42. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






43. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






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






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47. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






49. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






50. The Great Plague of Marseille