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18th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






6. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.






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






8. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






9. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






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






11. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.






12. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






13. Peak of the Little Ice Age






14. Russo-Turkish War






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






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






17. Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan






18. Treaty of Constantinople is signed - partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.






19. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'






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






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






22. The Lisbon earthquake






23. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






25. Napoleon staged a coup d'






26. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






27. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






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






29. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.






30. 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.






31. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






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






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






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






35. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.






36. Polish revolt






37. Polish revolt






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






39. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






40. End of Japan's Genroku period.






41. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






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






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






44. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






45. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






47. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






49. Napoleon staged a coup d'






50. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.







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