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18th Century Timeline

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1. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia






2. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






3. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






4. Upper Canada bans slavery.






5. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






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






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






9. Polish revolt






10. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.






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






12. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans






13. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






14. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War






15. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.






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






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






18. American Revolutionary War






19. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






20. The 'Great Disaster'






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






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






23. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






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






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






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






28. War of the Austrian Succession






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






30. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






32. Camisard Rebellion in France.






33. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






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






36. John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772






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






38. The Haitian Revolution






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






40. 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.






41. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia






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






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






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






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






46. American Revolutionary War






47. George III became King of Britain.






48. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






49. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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







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