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18th Century Timeline

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






2. First Anglo-Maratha War






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






4. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.






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






6. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.






7. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.






8. Russo-Persian War






9. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.






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






11. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






12. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






13. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire






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






15. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






21. End of Japan's Genroku period.






22. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






23. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.






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






25. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine






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






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28. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






29. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.






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






31. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






32. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






34. The Lisbon earthquake






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






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






37. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






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






39. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






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






42. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






43. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance






44. Anglo-Mysore Wars






45. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.






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






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






48. Quasi-War between the United States and France.






49. Anglo-Mysore Wars






50. The South Sea Bubble