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18th Century Timeline

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1. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.






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






3. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.






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






5. The Haitian Revolution






6. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






7. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






8. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War






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10. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






11. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)






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






13. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






14. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.






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






16. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






17. The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the EastIndies and English Company Trading to the EastIndies merged to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the EastIndies.






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19. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast






20. Imam Sheikh Mansur - a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic - led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian invaders.






21. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






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






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






24. Russo-Turkish War






25. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






28. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come






29. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.






30. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement






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






32. Russo-Turkish War






33. American Revolutionary War






34. First French Quaker community established in Cong






35. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.






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






37. War of the Polish Succession.






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






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






40. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.






41. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






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






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






44. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






45. Russians began settling the Aleutian Islands






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






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






48. War of the Polish Succession.






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






50. The Great Plague of Marseille