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18th Century Timeline

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1. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






2. Polish revolt






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






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






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






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






7. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






9. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






10. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






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






14. The French Revolution






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






16. 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.






17. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






18. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)






19. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.






20. The South Sea Bubble






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






22. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.






23. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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25. Russo-Turkish War






26. The French Revolution






27. Upper Canada bans slavery.






28. Cotton mills were first opened in England






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






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






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






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






33. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






35. Anglo-Mysore Wars






36. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






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






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






40. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.






41. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






42. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






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






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






46. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






47. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.






48. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree






49. The Great Plague of Marseille






50. War of the Austrian Succession