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18th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic






4. The French Revolution






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






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






7. The 'Great Disaster'






8. War of the Austrian Succession






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






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






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






12. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






14. Anglo-Spanish War






15. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.






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






17. The 'Great Disaster'






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






19. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






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






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






23. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






24. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






26. Polish revolt






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






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






29. Polish revolt






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






31. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.






32. Russo-Persian War






33. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






35. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.






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






37. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






38. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






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






41. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.






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






43. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






45. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine






46. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






48. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






49. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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