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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Cotton mills were first opened in England






3. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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






5. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.






6. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






7. The Great Plague of Marseille






8. The French Revolution






9. Anglo-Spanish War






10. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






11. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






12. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






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






14. Revolt in the Vend






15. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






23. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.






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






25. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






26. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






27. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






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






29. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






32. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






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






35. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






37. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






38. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






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






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






41. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






42. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






44. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.






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






46. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






47. Napoleon staged a coup d'






48. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






49. George III became King of Britain.






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