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18th Century Timeline

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1. 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.






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






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






4. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.






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






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






7. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






8. War of the Austrian Succession






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






10. Russo-Persian War






11. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






12. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






13. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






14. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






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






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






17. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War






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






19. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






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






28. The French Revolution






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






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






31. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






33. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.






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






35. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






36. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






37. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.






38. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.






39. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston






40. Peak of the Little Ice Age






41. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






42. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






44. The French Revolution






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






46. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






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






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






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






50. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.