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18th Century Timeline

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1. War of the Austrian Succession






2. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






3. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






5. Camisard Rebellion in France.






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






7. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






8. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






9. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.






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






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






20. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






21. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






22. The R






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






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






25. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






26. The Haitian Revolution






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






28. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






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






30. Peak of the Little Ice Age






31. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina






32. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.






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






34. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






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






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






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






38. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.






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






40. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






41. Quasi-War between the United States and France.






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






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






44. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






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






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






48. End of Japan's Genroku period.






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






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






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