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18th Century Timeline

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1. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.






2. The Lisbon earthquake






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






4. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






5. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






6. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






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






9. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






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






11. The French Revolution






12. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






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






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






15. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






16. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






17. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






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






20. The Haitian Revolution






21. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






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






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






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






25. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America






26. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






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






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






30. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






32. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






33. End of Japan's Genroku period.






34. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






35. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






36. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






37. First French Quaker community established in Cong






38. Russo-Turkish War.






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. The South Sea Bubble






44. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






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






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






48. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.






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






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







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