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18th Century Timeline

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1. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






2. Polish revolt






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






4. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)






5. The Haitian Revolution






6. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






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






8. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)






9. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






10. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto






11. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.






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






13. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






14. The 'Great Disaster'






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






16. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






18. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)






19. End of Japan's Genroku period.






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






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






22. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






23. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.






24. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War






25. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.






26. The Lisbon earthquake






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






28. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






31. The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing






32. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






34. The R






35. The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing






36. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.






37. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.






38. Russo-Turkish War






39. The Lisbon earthquake






40. Peak of the Little Ice Age






41. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






43. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.






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






45. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.






46. Cotton mills were first opened in England






47. 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.






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






49. Napoleon staged a coup d'






50. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.