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18th Century Timeline

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1. The R






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






3. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






5. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






7. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






8. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.






9. War of the Austrian Succession






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






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






20. War of the Polish Succession.






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






22. First Anglo-Maratha War






23. The French Revolution






24. The R






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






26. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






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






29. The Lisbon earthquake






30. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






31. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.






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






33. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.






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






35. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






36. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






38. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






40. 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.






41. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






42. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






43. First French Quaker community established in Cong






44. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.






45. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






46. 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.






47. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population






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






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






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