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18th Century Timeline

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






2. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.






3. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






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






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






6. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.






7. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.






8. 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






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






10. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






11. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






13. American Revolutionary War






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






15. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






16. 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.






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






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






19. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






20. Polish revolt






21. Upper Canada bans slavery.






22. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






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






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






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






27. The South Sea Bubble






28. The 'Great Disaster'






29. First French Quaker community established in Cong






30. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






32. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






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






34. Russo-Turkish War






35. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island






36. The Haitian Revolution






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






38. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






39. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






40. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.






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






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






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






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






45. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.






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






47. The Haitian Revolution






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






49. Russo-Persian War






50. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.