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18th Century Timeline

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1. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






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






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






4. Imam Sheikh Mansur - a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic - led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian invaders.






5. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






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






9. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






10. The South Sea Bubble






11. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






13. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






15. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.






16. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn






17. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.






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






19. Russo-Turkish War






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






21. Napoleon staged a coup d'






22. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.






23. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






24. Russo-Turkish War.






25. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






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






28. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree






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






30. End of Japan's Genroku period.






31. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






32. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






34. First French Quaker community established in Cong






35. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






36. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War






37. First Anglo-Maratha War






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






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






40. War of the Austrian Succession






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






43. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree






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






45. Polish revolt






46. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.






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48. 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.






49. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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