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18th Century Timeline

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2. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






3. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






4. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.






5. Russo-Turkish War.






6. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






8. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.






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10. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






11. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.






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






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






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






15. Anglo-Spanish War






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






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






18. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






20. Upper Canada bans slavery.






21. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.






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






23. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






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






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






26. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs






27. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






29. War of the Polish Succession.






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






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






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






33. War of the Polish Succession.






34. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






35. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.






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






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






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






39. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






40. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






41. The 'Great Disaster'






42. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






44. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






46. Russo-Turkish War.






47. Peak of the Little Ice Age






48. Revolt in the Vend






49. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






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