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18th Century Timeline

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1. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






2. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






3. End of Japan's Genroku period.






4. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






5. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island






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






7. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island






8. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






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






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






11. 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.






12. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn






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






14. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






16. Cotton mills were first opened in England






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






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






19. American Revolutionary War






20. War of the Austrian Succession






21. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






22. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.






23. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans






24. Anglo-Mysore Wars






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






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






27. Camisard Rebellion in France.






28. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






29. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






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






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






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






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35. War of the Austrian Succession






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






37. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






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






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






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






41. Napoleon staged a coup d'






42. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.






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






44. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






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






47. American Revolutionary War






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






49. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






50. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.