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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800 in the Gregorian calendar.

History scholars sometimes specifically define the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715-1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution[1][2], while the "long" eighteenth century may run from the Glorious Revolution of 1689 to the battle of Waterloo in 1815[3] or even later.[4]

The storming of the Bastille, July 14, 1789, an iconic event of the French Revolution.

Events

1700s

Union flag of The Kingdom of Great Britain

1710s

1720s

1730s

Qianlong Emperor

1740s

1750s

1760s

Frederick II the Great, King of Prussia

1770s

1780s

1790s

The Haitian Revolution

Significant people

Johann Sebastian Bach
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Samuel Johnson
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Voltaire
George Washington

See Founding Fathers of the United States

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Main articles: Timeline of invention § 18th century, and Timeline of scientific discoveries § 1700s
The Spinning Jenny

References

  1. ^ Anderson, M. S. (1979). Historians and the Eighteenth-Century Europe, 1715–1789. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198225482.
  2. ^ Ribeiro, Aileen (2002). Dress in Eighteenth-Century Europe 1715-1789 (revised edition). Yale University Press. ISBN 0300091516.
  3. ^ Marshall, P. J. (Editor) (2001). The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume II: The Eighteenth Century (Oxford History of the British Empire). Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0199246777. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help), "Introduction" by P. J. Marshall, page 1
  4. ^ O'Gorman, Frank (1997). The Long Eighteenth Century: British Political and Social History 1688-1832 (The Arnold History of Britain Series). A Hodder Arnold Publication. ISBN 0340567511.
  5. ^ a b Porter, Roy (Editor) (2003). The Cambridge History of Science, Volume 4: The Eighteenth Century (The Cambridge History of Science). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521572436. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help), "The Philosopher's Beard: Women and Gender in Science" by Londra Schiebinger, pages 184-210

Decades and years

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