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18th Century Timeline

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1. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






2. The French Revolution






3. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.






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






5. First French Quaker community established in Cong






6. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






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






8. Peak of the Little Ice Age






9. Camisard Rebellion in France.






10. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






11. Russo-Turkish War.






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






13. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






14. American Revolutionary War






15. Polish revolt






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






17. Cotton mills were first opened in England






18. George III became King of Britain.






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






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






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






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






23. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu






24. Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic.






25. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






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






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






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






29. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






30. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






31. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War






32. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.






33. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)






34. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.






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






36. The 'Great Disaster'






37. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia






38. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






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






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






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






42. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






43. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






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






45. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)






46. The Lisbon earthquake






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






48. Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis.






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






50. Peak of the Little Ice Age