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18th Century Timeline

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1. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






3. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






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






6. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.






7. The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the EastIndies and English Company Trading to the EastIndies merged to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the EastIndies.






8. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






9. Polish revolt






10. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






11. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






12. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






20. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






22. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






23. The South Sea Bubble






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






25. Russo-Persian War






26. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






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






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






29. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.






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






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






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






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






34. Camisard Rebellion in France.






35. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.






36. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






37. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






38. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






40. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






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






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






43. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






45. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






46. The French Revolution






47. 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






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






49. The 'Great Disaster'






50. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I