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18th Century Timeline

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1. Napoleon staged a coup d'






2. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






4. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.






5. T






6. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.






7. First French Quaker community established in Cong






8. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






10. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






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






13. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






15. Upper Canada bans slavery.






16. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






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






18. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






19. First French Quaker community established in Cong






20. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






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






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






24. T






25. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






26. First Anglo-Maratha War






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






28. Upper Canada bans slavery.






29. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.






30. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






32. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






33. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn






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






35. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.






36. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.






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






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






39. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






41. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






42. The Haitian Revolution






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






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






45. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






47. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






48. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America






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






50. The South Sea Bubble