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18th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Cotton mills were first opened in England






4. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






5. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






8. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War






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






10. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






11. 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






12. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






13. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






14. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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






16. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.






17. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






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






20. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia






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






22. The French Revolution






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






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






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






26. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






28. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






29. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






30. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.






31. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






32. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






33. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






34. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






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






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






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39. War of the Polish Succession.






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






41. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






43. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






44. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.






45. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






47. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.






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






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






50. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War