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18th Century Timeline

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1. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.






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






3. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






4. Cotton mills were first opened in England






5. 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.






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






7. War of the Austrian Succession






8. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






9. First Anglo-Maratha War






10. Russo-Turkish War.






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






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






13. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






14. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






15. The South Sea Bubble






16. Inconfid






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






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






19. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






20. Russo-Turkish War






21. Revolt in the Vend






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






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






24. Upper Canada bans slavery.






25. Napoleon staged a coup d'






26. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession






27. Russo-Turkish War.






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






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






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






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






32. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






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






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






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






37. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






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






40. Polish revolt






41. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






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






44. Camisard Rebellion in France.






45. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain






46. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.






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






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






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






50. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.