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18th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.






8. The R






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






10. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia






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






12. Imam Sheikh Mansur - a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic - led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian invaders.






13. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.






14. Peak of the Little Ice Age






15. Polish revolt






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






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






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






19. End of Japan's Genroku period.






20. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






21. American Revolutionary War






22. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.






23. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






24. War of the Austrian Succession






25. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






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






28. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






29. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






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






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






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






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






35. The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the EastIndies and English Company Trading to the EastIndies merged to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the EastIndies.






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






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






38. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.






39. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






40. The South Sea Bubble






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






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






43. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






45. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






46. T






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






48. Russo-Turkish War






49. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






50. First Anglo-Maratha War







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