WHAT HAPPENED IN 18. CENTURY
Find out what all happened in the 18. century

French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany ends with the French vessel running aground, resulting in over 900 deaths. (13. January 1797)

King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne. (14. January 1724)

The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marhatas. (14. January 1761)

American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain. (14. January 1784)

The British Museum opens. (15. January 1759)

American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present day Vermont) declares its independence. (15. January 1777)

Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage. (15. January 1782)

The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain. (16. January 1707)

The British capture Pondichéry, India from the French. (16. January 1761)

American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cape St. Vincent. (16. January 1780)

Virginia enacted the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson. (16. January 1786)

Captain James Cook and his crew become the first Europeans to sail below the Antarctic Circle. (17. January 1773)

American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens – Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina. (17. January 1781)

Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, is executed. (17. January 1799)

Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg. (18. January 1701)

James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands". (18. January 1778)

The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrive at Botany Bay. (18. January 1788)

John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel. (19. January 1764)

The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay. (19. January 1788)

The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands bringing to an end the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. (19. January 1795)