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18th Century Timeline

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1. NorthwestIndian War between the United States and Native Americans






2. Slavery abolished in Russia. Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs






3. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish






4. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.






5. Dutch EastIndia Company is dissolved.






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






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






8. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.






9. British ejected Dutch from Ceylon.






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






11. The Great Plague of Marseille






12. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.






13. The South Sea Bubble






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






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






16. Napoleon staged a coup d'






17. First Anglo-Maratha War






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






19. The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem.






20. Polish revolt






21. The R






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






23. American Revolutionary War






24. Tulip period of the Ottoman Empire






25. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






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






27. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.






28. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I






29. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.






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






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






32. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.






33. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu






34. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.






35. Controversy over William Wood's halfpence leads to the Drapier's Letters and begins the Irish economic independence from England movement






36. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.






37. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.






38. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat






39. The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish






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






41. Russo-Turkish War






42. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






43. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England






44. Revolt in the Vend






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






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






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






48. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.






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






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