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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






3. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






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






5. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






6. George III became King of Britain.






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






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






9. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






10. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






11. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






13. The French Revolution






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






15. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






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






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






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






21. Polish revolt






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






23. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.






24. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.






25. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






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






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






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






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






31. Anglo-Mysore Wars






32. Anglo-Spanish War






33. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






34. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






35. 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.






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






37. End of Japan's Genroku period.






38. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






39. George III became King of Britain.






40. Camisard Rebellion in France.






41. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






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






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






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






45. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






46. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.






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






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






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






50. The South Sea Bubble