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18th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. Cotton mills were first opened in England






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America






12. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






13. War of the Austrian Succession






14. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






15. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






17. Revolt in the Vend






18. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






21. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.






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






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






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






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






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






27. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






28. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






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






31. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.






32. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






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35. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






36. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






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






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






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






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






42. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






43. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain






44. End of Japan's Genroku period.






45. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






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






49. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come






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