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18th Century Timeline

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1. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






2. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.






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






4. Upper Canada bans slavery.






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






6. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn






7. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. The French Revolution






16. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.






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






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






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






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






21. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






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






24. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.






25. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn






26. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain






27. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






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






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






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






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






32. Russo-Turkish War






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






34. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






35. Revolt in the Vend






36. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






37. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






38. The South Sea Bubble






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






40. First Anglo-Maratha War






41. Camisard Rebellion in France.






42. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






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






44. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






45. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






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






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






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






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






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