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18th Century Timeline

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1. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






2. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






3. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






4. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






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






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






7. First Anglo-Maratha War






8. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.






9. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






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






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






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






13. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






14. 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.






15. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






16. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans






17. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.






18. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






19. Cotton mills were first opened in England






20. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.






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






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






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






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25. War of the Polish Succession.






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






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






28. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






30. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. Russo-Persian War






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






37. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.






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






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






40. 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.






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






42. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






44. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






45. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






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






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






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






50. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War