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18th Century Timeline

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






2. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






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






4. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






5. The R






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






7. The French Revolution






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






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






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






11. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






12. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






13. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






14. The Lisbon earthquake






15. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






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






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






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






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






21. The South Sea Bubble






22. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






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






25. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






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






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






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






29. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






31. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






32. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






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






35. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






36. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic






37. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.






38. The Great Plague of Marseille






39. 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






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






41. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






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






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






44. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn






45. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.






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






47. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






48. War of the Polish Succession.






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






50. Zand dynasty founded in Iran