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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.
1755
1787
1724
1795
2. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.
1711-1715
1775
1797
1788
3. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi
1744
1763
1718
1718
4. Revolt in the Vend
1767
1796
1785
1793
5. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1796
1779
1709
1755
6. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1772
1795
1715
1791
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.
1794
1722
1738
1755
8. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.
1703
1759
1718
1720
9. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1738
1795
1702
1736
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
1722
1770
1726
1787
11. Inconfid
1788
1739
1792
1776
12. End of Japan's Genroku period.
1775
1740
1723
1704
13. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1775
1772
1779
1791
14. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War
1789
1772
1793
1710-1711
15. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1702
1791
1768
1736
16. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1721
1771
1736
1701
17. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1780
1744
1707
1720
18. The French Revolution
1789
1701
1781
1721
19. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto
1783
1758
1718
1776
20. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1789
1792
1792
1707
21. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1741
1760
1716
1747
22. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1744
1794
1735
1773
23. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn
1738
1705
1722
1794
24. Russo-Turkish War
1768
1785
1709
1789
25. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1735
1754
1769
1759
26. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1794
1735
1766
1756
27. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).
1763
1714
1796
1707
28. The Great Plague of Marseille
1763
1785
1718-1730
1720
29. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1773
1724
1712
1769
30. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish
1772
1710
1709
1735
31. Upper Canada bans slavery.
1748
1783
1781
1793
32. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1785
1738
1787
1795
33. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1721
1771
1708
1736
34. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1791
1795
1740
1701
35. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772
1719
1799
1721
1775
36. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible
1715
1783
1794
1740
37. Tuscarora War between British - Dutch - and German settlers and the Tuscarora people of North Carolina
1768
1714
1711-1715
1708
38. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland
1780
1794
1745
1721
39. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1768
1799
1720
1783
40. Quasi-War between the United States and France.
1796
1798
1709
1710
41. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.
1755
1772
1795
1760
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.
1772
1708
1718
1775
43. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1712
1771
1735
1796
44. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1795
1787
1760
1799
45. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1790
1769
1770
1709
46. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1716
1719
1708
1744
47. Napoleon staged a coup d'
1718
1799
1788
1781
48. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1730
1790
1748
1721
49. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.
1739
1772
1701
1763
50. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands
1703
1733
1772
1741