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18th Century Timeline

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1. First French Quaker community established in Cong






2. The South Sea Bubble






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






4. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






5. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






6. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.






7. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






8. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic






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






10. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






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






13. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.






14. The 'Great Disaster'






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






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






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






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






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






20. Napoleon staged a coup d'






21. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






22. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.






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






24. Upper Canada bans slavery.






25. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






26. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.






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






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






29. Polish revolt






30. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic






31. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






33. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






34. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






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






46. Peak of the Little Ice Age






47. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






48. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






49. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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