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18th Century Timeline

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1. Russo-Turkish War






2. 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






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






4. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.






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






6. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






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






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






10. The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as 5000 people in Philadelphia






11. The Great Plague of Marseille






12. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






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






15. 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.






16. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.






17. Kangxi Emperor of China dies






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






19. The South Sea Bubble






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






21. Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands.






22. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance






23. The 'Great Disaster'






24. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast






25. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.






26. The 'Great Disaster'






27. Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia






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






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






30. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






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






33. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.






34. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church






35. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.






36. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.






37. The French Revolution






38. 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






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






40. Crimean Tatar raids into Russia.






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






42. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.






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






44. 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.






45. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud






46. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.






47. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






48. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.






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






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