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18th Century Timeline

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1. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






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






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






4. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






5. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population






6. Russo-Turkish War






7. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






8. Camisard Rebellion in France.






9. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.






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






11. American Revolutionary War






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






13. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.






14. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






15. American Revolutionary War






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






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






18. Anglo-Spanish War






19. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.






20. The Lisbon earthquake






21. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.






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






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24. Napoleon staged a coup d'






25. George III became King of Britain.






26. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






27. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






28. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






29. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.






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






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






32. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






34. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






35. TheFirst Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






36. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






37. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






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






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






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






42. The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population.






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






44. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.






45. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine






46. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.






47. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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49. War of the Polish Succession.






50. Russo-Persian War