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18th Century Timeline

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






2. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.






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






4. End of Japan's Genroku period.






5. George III became King of Britain.






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






7. American Revolutionary War






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






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






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






11. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






12. 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.






13. The Haitian Revolution






14. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






15. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






16. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






17. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






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






19. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






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






21. War of the Polish Succession.






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






23. Peak of the Little Ice Age






24. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.






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






26. War of the Austrian Succession






27. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession






28. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






29. Saint Petersburg founded by Peter the Great. Russian capital until 1918.






30. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War






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






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






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






34. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






35. Cotton mills were first opened in England






36. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






37. Treaty of Utrecht end the War of the Spanish Succession






38. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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






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






41. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






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






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






44. The 'Great Disaster'






45. Russo-Turkish War.






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






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






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






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






50. James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain.







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