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18th Century Timeline

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






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






3. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.






4. Upper Canada bans slavery.






5. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






6. Napoleon staged a coup d'






7. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






8. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






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






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






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






13. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






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






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






16. The Haitian Revolution






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






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






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






20. The Great Plague of Marseille






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






22. The French and Indian War - Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and their allies and the English and their allies. The North American chapter of the Seven Years' War.






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






24. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America






25. Anglo-Spanish War






26. The R






27. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.






28. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






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






30. Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession andFirst Carnatic War






31. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






32. The Great Plague of Marseille






33. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






34. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






35. George III became King of Britain.






36. 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






37. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn






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






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






40. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






41. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn






42. Russo-Turkish War






43. British attempt to capture St. Augustine - Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine






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






45. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






46. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.






47. The Haitian Revolution






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






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






50. Peak of the Little Ice Age