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18th Century Timeline

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1. First French Quaker community established in Cong






2. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






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






5. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine






6. 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






7. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.






8. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






9. Upper Canada bans slavery.






10. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.






11. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.






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






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






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






15. Napoleon staged a coup d'






16. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






17. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






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






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






20. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.






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






22. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






23. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






24. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.






25. Anglo-Spanish War






26. George III became King of Britain.






27. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






28. The Haitian Revolution






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






30. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






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






33. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.






34. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






35. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.






36. Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains






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






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






39. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession






40. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






41. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






42. Zand dynasty founded in Iran






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






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






46. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






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






48. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






49. War of the Austrian Succession






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