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18th Century Timeline

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






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






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






4. George Washington elected President of the United States. Served until 1797.






5. War of the Austrian Succession






6. Russo-Turkish War






7. Anglo-Mysore Wars






8. 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






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






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






11. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






12. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






13. George III became King of Britain.






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






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






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






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






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






19. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






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






21. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






22. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective






23. The 'Great Disaster'






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






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






26. Camisard Rebellion in France.






27. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






28. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.






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






30. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






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






32. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come






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






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






35. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






36. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






37. Inconfid






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. The Daily Courant and The Norwich Post becomes the first daily newspapers in England.






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






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






46. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






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






49. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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