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18th Century Timeline

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1. The 'Great Disaster'






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






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






4. The Lisbon earthquake






5. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






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






9. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






10. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






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






13. Russo-Turkish War.






14. First French Quaker community established in Cong






15. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.






16. Anglo-Spanish War






17. Camisard Rebellion in France.






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






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






20. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






22. American Revolutionary War






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






24. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.






25. Revolt in the Vend






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






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






28. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






30. End of Japan's Genroku period.






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






32. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






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






35. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






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






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






39. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






40. The Lisbon earthquake






41. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






42. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






43. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.






44. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






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






46. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






47. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.






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






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






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