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18th Century Timeline
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1. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.
1720
1797
1755
1725
2. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.
1721
1794
1766
1793
3. Cotton mills were first opened in England
1796
1742
1702
1701
4. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1772
1711-1715
1726
1701
5. Russo-Turkish War
1769
1702
1787
1721
6. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1794
1762
1707
1756
7. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.
1706
1795
1793
1712
8. Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years' War and Third Carnatic War
1748
1763
1788
1729
9. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
1738
1720
1796
1701
10. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1787
1740
1768
1772
11. 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
1756
1726
1750
1778
12. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1741
1772
1798
1788
13. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1740
1771
1768
1795
14. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia
1722
1704
1740
1785
15. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1713
1712
1796
1793
16. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.
1754
1781
1792
1701
17. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1761
1707
1797
1707
18. The assassination of the 14th Tu'i Kanokupolu - Tuku?aho - plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war.
1712
1740
1755
1799
19. Famine kills one-third of East Prussia's population.
1738
1792
1707
1708
20. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1718
1748
1747
1796
21. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1723
1759
1713-1714
1748
22. The French Revolution
1795
1789
1791
1741
23. First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America.
1710
1785
1730
1715
24. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1702
1799
1773
1739
25. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1783
1708
1778
1772
26. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1762
1766
1787
1772
27. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1748
1707
1722
1773
28. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1796
1787
1739
1768
29. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.
1720
1799
1770
1703
30. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1707
1735
1715
1763
31. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1703
1722
1795
1707
32. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I
1701
1759
1716
1797
33. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire
1775
1718
1739
1718-1730
34. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans
1730
1799
1732
1785
35. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1738
1714
1700-1721
1791
36. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.
1721
1739
1716
1762
37. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.
1729
1790
1769
1739
38. T
1758
1763
1702
1778
39. War of the Polish Succession.
1733
1796
1772
1756
40. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1771
1739
1759
1714
41. Anglo-Mysore Wars
1759
1766
1793
1770
42. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1722
1738
1742
1735
43. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1726
1769
1721
1730
44. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1742
1741
1735
1707
45. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1741
1792
1719
1787
46. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.
1754
1742
1705
1798
47. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.
1745
1747
1715
1792
48. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1702
1721
1762
1723
49. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1716
1772
1727
1769
50. Ottoman Empire fights Russia in the Russo-Turkish War
1770
1741
1710-1711
1740