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18th Century Timeline

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1. The French Revolution






2. Cotton mills were first opened in England






3. American Revolutionary War






4. Russo-Turkish War






5. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






6. Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty.






7. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






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






10. First Anglo-Maratha War






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






12. Polish revolt






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






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






15. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






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






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






18. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






19. The Great Upheaval - forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick






20. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.






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






22. The Great Plague of Marseille






23. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






24. Cotton mills were first opened in England






25. 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






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






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






28. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






29. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic






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






31. George III became King of Britain.






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






33. The Haitian Revolution






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






35. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.






36. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






37. Quasi-War between the United States and France.






38. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






39. 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.






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






41. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






42. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






43. The 'Great Disaster'






44. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






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






46. 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






47. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.






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






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






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