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18th Century Timeline

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






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






3. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.






4. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






5. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu






6. Upper Canada bans slavery.






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






8. Napoleon staged a coup d'






9. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






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






12. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.






13. The South Sea Bubble






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






15. Polish revolt






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






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






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






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






20. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War






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






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






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






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






25. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






26. The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing






27. Russo-Turkish War.






28. Russo-Persian War






29. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






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






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






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






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






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






35. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






36. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






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






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






40. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






41. 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.






42. Russo-Persian War






43. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






45. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War






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






47. The Lisbon earthquake






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






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






50. Anglo-Mysore Wars







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