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18th Century Timeline

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1. War of the Austrian Succession






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






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






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






5. Inconfid






6. 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






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






8. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.






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






18. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






20. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.






21. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






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






24. The Haitian Revolution






25. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






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






28. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






29. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






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






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






32. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






33. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






34. George III became King of Britain.






35. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






36. Peak of the Little Ice Age






37. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






38. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






40. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.






41. American Revolutionary War






42. War of the Austrian Succession






43. 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.






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






45. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.






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






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






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






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






50. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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