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18th Century Timeline

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1. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






3. Peak of the Little Ice Age






4. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






5. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.






6. Polish revolt






7. The 'Great Disaster'






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






9. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






10. The R






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






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






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






14. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






15. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






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






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






19. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






21. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.






22. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






23. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






25. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






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






27. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia






28. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.






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






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






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






32. End of Japan's Genroku period.






33. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.






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






35. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






36. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






37. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






38. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia






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






40. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.






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






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






43. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






49. War of the Polish Succession.






50. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery