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18th Century Timeline

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1. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






2. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






9. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






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






11. Imam Sheikh Mansur - a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic - led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian invaders.






12. Inconfid






13. Russo-Turkish War






14. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.






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






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






17. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.






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






19. Polish revolt






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






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






22. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.






23. The French and Indian War - Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and their allies and the English and their allies. The North American chapter of the Seven Years' War.






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






25. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick






26. The Haitian Revolution






27. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.






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






29. First Anglo-Maratha War






30. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






31. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston






32. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.






33. Act of Union passed merging the Scottish and the English Parliaments - thus establishing the Kingdom of Great Britain.






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






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36. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.






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






38. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






39. First Anglo-Maratha War






40. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






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






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






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






44. The Great Plague of Marseille






45. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






46. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






47. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






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






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