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18th Century Timeline

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1. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






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






3. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.






4. War of the Austrian Succession






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






6. The French Revolution






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






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






9. Polish revolt






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






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






12. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






13. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.






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






15. The Great Plague of Marseille






16. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.






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






18. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






19. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.






20. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






21. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






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






24. Russo-Persian War






25. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






26. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






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






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






29. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






30. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.






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32. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






34. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.






35. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






36. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






37. Russo-Turkish War.






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






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






40. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






41. Camisard Rebellion in France.






42. 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.






43. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






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






45. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






46. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






48. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






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