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18th Century Timeline

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1. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






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






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






4. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






5. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






6. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






7. Russo-Turkish War






8. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






9. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






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






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






13. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






14. George III became King of Britain.






15. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






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






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






19. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.






20. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T






21. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






23. First Anglo-Maratha War






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






25. 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.






26. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






35. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






36. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.






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






38. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






39. The South Sea Bubble






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






41. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






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






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






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






46. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America






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






48. 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






49. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






50. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi