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18th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






4. Anglo-Spanish War






5. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.






6. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island






7. Polish revolt






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






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






10. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






11. First Anglo-Maratha War






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






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






14. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






15. 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.






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






17. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






18. Anglo-Spanish War






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






20. The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing






21. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu






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






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






24. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






25. War of the Austrian Succession






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






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






28. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






30. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






31. The Lisbon earthquake






32. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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34. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia






35. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.






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






37. The French and Indian War - Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and their allies and the English and their allies. The North American chapter of the Seven Years' War.






38. 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.






39. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






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






41. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto






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






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44. Polish revolt






45. The French and Indian War - Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and their allies and the English and their allies. The North American chapter of the Seven Years' War.






46. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






48. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






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






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







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