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18th Century Timeline

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1. The South Sea Bubble






2. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






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






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






5. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






6. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston






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






8. War of the Polish Succession.






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






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






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






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






13. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






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






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






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






18. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






19. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.






20. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






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






22. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






24. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.






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






26. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.






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






28. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






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






31. Anglo-Spanish War






32. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.






33. T






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






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






36. Russo-Turkish War.






37. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






38. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






39. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






41. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






42. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






43. War of the Austrian Succession






44. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






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






46. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






47. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






48. Polish revolt






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






50. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.