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18th Century Timeline

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1. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs






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






3. Upper Canada bans slavery.






4. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






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






6. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland






7. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






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






10. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.






11. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






12. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






13. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






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






16. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






18. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.






19. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






20. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.






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






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






23. The Lisbon earthquake






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






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






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






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






28. First French Quaker community established in Cong






29. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island






30. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.






31. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains






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






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






34. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






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36. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






37. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






38. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






39. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.






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






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






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






43. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






44. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain






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






46. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.






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






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






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






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