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18th Century Timeline

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1. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.






2. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






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






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






6. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.






7. End of Japan's Genroku period.






8. Revolt in the Vend






9. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.






10. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






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






13. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.






14. Anglo-Spanish War






15. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






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






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






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






20. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan






21. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






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






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






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






25. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.






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






27. Upper Canada bans slavery.






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






29. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.






30. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






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






32. War of the Polish Succession.






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34. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






36. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






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






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






39. Russo-Persian War






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






41. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






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






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






44. Anglo-Spanish War






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






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






47. The Great Plague of Marseille






48. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






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






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