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18th Century Timeline

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1. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain






2. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






3. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






4. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






5. Cotton mills were first opened in England






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






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






8. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






9. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






11. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






12. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






13. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






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






16. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






17. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






19. War of the Austrian Succession






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






21. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance






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






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






24. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.






25. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.






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






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






28. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






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






30. Inconfid






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






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






33. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.






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






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






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






37. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.






38. The French and Indian War - Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and their allies and the English and their allies. The North American chapter of the Seven Years' War.






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






40. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






41. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






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






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






45. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.






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






47. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.






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






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






50. George III became King of Britain.