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18th Century Timeline

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1. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.






2. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.






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






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






5. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






6. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






7. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.






8. Russo-Persian War






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






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






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






12. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






13. The 'Great Disaster'






14. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






15. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






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






17. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population






18. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






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






21. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.






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






23. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






25. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






26. The South Sea Bubble






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






28. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






30. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.






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






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






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






34. Russo-Turkish War






35. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






36. The Great Plague of Marseille






37. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.






38. Peak of the Little Ice Age






39. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






41. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






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






43. War of the Polish Succession.






44. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






45. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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






47. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






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






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






50. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.