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18th Century Timeline

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1. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement






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






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






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






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






6. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






8. Russo-Turkish War






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






10. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






11. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






12. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






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






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






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






16. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






17. End of Japan's Genroku period.






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






19. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






20. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree






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






22. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






25. Revolt in the Vend






26. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






27. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






28. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






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






31. 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






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






33. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






34. End of Japan's Genroku period.






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






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






37. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






38. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






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






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






42. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






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






44. Cotton mills were first opened in England






45. First Anglo-Maratha War






46. War of the Austrian Succession






47. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






49. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.






50. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.