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18th Century Timeline

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1. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






2. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance






3. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






10. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






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






12. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






13. Russo-Turkish War.






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






15. 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.






16. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






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






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






19. The French Revolution






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






21. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






23. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.






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






25. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.






26. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement






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






28. The Lisbon earthquake






29. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.






30. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.






31. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






33. Revolt in the Vend






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






35. First Anglo-Maratha War






36. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






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






38. George III became King of Britain.






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






40. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.






41. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






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






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






45. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.






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






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






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






49. Russo-Persian War






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