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18th Century Timeline

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1. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.






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






3. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






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






5. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.






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






7. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






8. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






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






11. The Haitian Revolution






12. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






13. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs






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






15. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






16. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






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






18. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






20. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America






21. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






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






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






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






26. Camisard Rebellion in France.






27. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






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






30. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






38. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






40. The R






41. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. Cotton mills were first opened in England






48. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains






49. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






50. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails







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