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18th Century Timeline

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






2. American Revolutionary War






3. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.






4. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.






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






6. The 'Great Disaster'






7. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.






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






9. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






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






11. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






12. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






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






15. 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.






16. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.






17. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






18. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






19. 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.






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






21. Russo-Turkish War.






22. Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduan's classic panoramic painting - Along the River During Qingming Festival.






23. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






25. The Haitian Revolution






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






27. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






28. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.






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






30. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.






31. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






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






34. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.






35. The Haitian Revolution






36. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.






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






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






39. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






41. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






42. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)






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






44. First French Quaker community established in Cong






45. Revolt in the Vend






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






47. 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.






48. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






49. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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