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18th Century Timeline

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






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






3. The Lisbon earthquake






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






5. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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






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






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9. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






10. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






11. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






12. Upper Canada bans slavery.






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






14. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






15. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






16. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.






17. Russo-Turkish War.






18. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






19. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






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






21. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






23. First Anglo-Maratha War






24. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






25. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






26. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






27. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






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






30. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






31. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






33. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






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






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






36. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






37. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






38. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






39. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.






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






41. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






43. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan






44. Russo-Turkish War






45. Russo-Persian War






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






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






48. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






50. Cotton mills were first opened in England