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18th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island






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






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






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






7. The 'Great Disaster'






8. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.






9. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






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






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






12. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island






13. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






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






15. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.






16. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto






17. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






19. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.






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






21. The Haitian Revolution






22. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






23. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






25. War of the Austrian Succession






26. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast






27. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






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






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






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






32. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






34. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.






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






36. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






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






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






39. 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






40. 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.






41. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.






42. The Haitian Revolution






43. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






45. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






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






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






48. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






49. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.






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