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18th Century Timeline

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1. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.






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






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






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






5. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.






6. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






7. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






8. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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






10. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






11. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.






12. Russo-Persian War






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






14. The Haitian Revolution






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






16. 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






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






18. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






20. 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.






21. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






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






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






24. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






25. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic






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






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






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






29. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






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






32. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






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






35. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






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






37. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






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






40. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine






41. Anglo-Spanish War






42. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






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






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






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






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






47. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






48. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire






49. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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