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18th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






5. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






7. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.






8. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto






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






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. War of the Polish Succession.






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






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






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






15. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.






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






17. Revolt in the Vend






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






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






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






21. The 'Great Disaster'






22. Peak of the Little Ice Age






23. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






24. Polish revolt






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






26. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






27. George III became King of Britain.






28. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






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






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






32. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






33. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.






34. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






36. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






38. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






40. War of the Austrian Succession






41. The Haitian Revolution






42. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






43. The South Sea Bubble






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






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






46. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.






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






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






49. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






50. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church







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