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18th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






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






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






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






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






8. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.






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






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






11. The Lisbon earthquake






12. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.






13. George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition.






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






15. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






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






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






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






19. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina






20. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).






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






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






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






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






25. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






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






28. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






29. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.






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






31. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






32. The South Sea Bubble






33. Russo-Turkish War.






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






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






36. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






37. Peak of the Little Ice Age






38. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.






39. Russo-Turkish War






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






41. Inconfid






42. Cotton mills were first opened in England






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






44. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.






45. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






46. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






47. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






48. The 'Great Disaster'






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






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