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






3. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






4. Revolt in the Vend






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






6. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






7. 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.






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






9. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.






10. 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






11. Inconfid






12. End of Japan's Genroku period.






13. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






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






15. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.






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






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






18. The French Revolution






19. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto






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






21. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.






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






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






24. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






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






28. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






30. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






31. Upper Canada bans slavery.






32. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.






33. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






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






36. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






47. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






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






50. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands