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18th Century Timeline

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1. The Haitian Revolution






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






3. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.






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






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






6. First Anglo-Maratha War






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






8. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.






9. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






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






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






12. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






13. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.






14. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.






15. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






16. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






17. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






19. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






20. Russo-Turkish War






21. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession






22. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






23. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.






24. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






25. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






26. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






33. Revolt in the Vend






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






35. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






36. Napoleon staged a coup d'






37. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.






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






39. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






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






41. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






42. Camisard Rebellion in France.






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






44. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.






45. Imam Sheikh Mansur - a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic - led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian invaders.






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






47. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






48. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






49. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)






50. War of the Polish Succession.