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18th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.






9. Pope Clement XI declares Catholicism and Confucianism incompatible






10. Battle of Montenotte. Engagement in the War of theFirst Coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander.






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






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






13. Russo-Turkish War






14. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






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






16. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






17. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I






18. British colonel James Wolfe issues the Wolfe's Manifesto






19. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






20. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.






21. The R






22. Peak of the Little Ice Age






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






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






25. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi






26. Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia.






27. The Great Plague of Marseille






28. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






29. Cotton mills were first opened in England






30. Revolt in the Vend






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






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






33. Spanish attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails






34. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






35. The Haitian Revolution






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






37. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia






38. War of the Polish Succession.






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






40. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War






41. Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)






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






43. Napoleon staged a coup d'






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






45. The Lisbon earthquake






46. George III became King of Britain.






47. First French Quaker community established in Cong






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






49. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.






50. The French Revolution