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18th Century Timeline

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1. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.






2. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.






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






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






5. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






7. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






8. Upper Canada bans slavery.






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






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






11. Camisard Rebellion in France.






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






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






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






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






16. Russo-Turkish War






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






18. The French Revolution






19. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina






20. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






21. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.






22. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan






23. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






24. 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.






25. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






26. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






27. The 'Great Disaster'






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






29. Polish revolt






30. The Lisbon earthquake






31. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






33. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






34. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






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






36. End of Japan's Genroku period.






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






38. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession






39. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick






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






41. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






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






43. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






44. War of the Polish Succession.






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






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






47. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.






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






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






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