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18th Century Timeline

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1. Upper Canada bans slavery.






2. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






3. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






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






6. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






7. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.






8. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






9. 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.






10. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






11. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






12. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.






13. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu






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






15. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






16. The Great Plague of Marseille






17. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population






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






19. George III became King of Britain.






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






21. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.






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






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






24. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






26. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






27. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






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






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






31. Revolt in the Vend






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






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






34. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






35. Napoleon staged a coup d'






36. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






37. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island






38. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






40. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.






41. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.






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






43. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain






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






45. Upper Canada bans slavery.






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






47. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






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






49. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective






50. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.