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    The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCI) to 31 December 1800 (MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of...
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  • The 18th century BC was the century that lasted from 1800 BC to 1701 BC. 1800 BC: Beginning of the Nordic Bronze Age in the period system devised by Oscar...
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  • This is a timeline of the 18th century. 1700–1721: Great Northern War between the Russian and Swedish Empires. 1701: Kingdom of Prussia declared under...
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    Paris in the 18th century was the second-largest city in Europe, after London, with a population of about 600,000 people. The century saw the construction...
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    The 18th century was a period of rapid growth for London, reflecting an increasing national population, the early stirrings of the Industrial Revolution...
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  • Literature of the 18th century refers to world literature produced during the years 1700–1799. European literature of the 18th century refers to literature...
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  • This is a timeline of the 18th century in philosophy The Age of Enlightenment The Lives of the Ancient Philosophers (London, 1702) Mary Astell, Moderation...
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    Novel (redirect from 18th-century novels)
    the Novel (1957), argued that the modern novel was born in the early 18th century. Recent technological developments have led to many novels also being...
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  • The 18th century is a century of the Common Era which began on 1 January 1701 and ended on 31 December 1800, according to the Gregorian calendar. 18th century...
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    Christianity in the 18th century is marked by the First Great Awakening in the Americas, along with the expansion of the Spanish and Portuguese empires...
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  • in the 19th century (1851–1900) See also List of state leaders in the 18th-century Holy Roman Empire List of state leaders in 18th-century British South...
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    Beethoven. Germany, or more exactly the old Holy Roman Empire, in the 18th century entered a period of decline that would finally lead to the dissolution...
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    Armour in the 18th century was minimalist and restricted almost entirely to cavalry, primarily to cuirassiers and, to a lesser degree, carabiniers and...
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    regime in the 17th century. Since most Episcopalians had given their support to the Jacobite rebellions in the early 18th century, they also suffered...
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    18th-century French literature is French literature written between 1715, the year of the death of King Louis XIV of France, and 1798, the year of the...
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  • The 18th century in the United States refers to the period in the United States from 1701 through 1800 in the Gregorian calendar. For articles on this...
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    philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and the 18th centuries. The Enlightenment featured a range of social ideas centered on the...
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  • The long 18th century is a phrase used by many British historians to cover a more natural historical period than the simple use of the standard calendar...
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    the 18th century received expositions in both Lagrange's Mécanique analytique and Laplace's Traité de mécanique céleste (1799–1825). During the 18th century...
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  • island of Great Britain roughly corresponding to the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Major historical events in early modern British history include numerous...
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  • The social structure of Spain in the 18th century continued to be based upon nobility and peasantry. However, the period also saw the growth of a middle...
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  • 18th-century French art was dominated by the Baroque, Rococo and neoclassical movements. In France, the death of Louis XIV in September 1715 led to a period...
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    at the end of the 18th century). Other major French cities include Lyon, Rouen, Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Marseille. These centuries saw several periods...
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    belonged to the family of his wife, Catherine Glynne. Built in the mid-18th century, it was later enlarged and externally remodelled in the Gothic taste...
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    his reputation as one of the richest pirates in the Caribbean. In the 18th century, sugar cane replaced piracy as British Jamaica's main source of income...
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    by Lucien Vogel and regularly published until 1925. During the early 18th-century, the first fashion designers came to the fore as the leaders of fashion...
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    than 150,000 tons of silver were shipped from Potosí by the end of the 18th century.[failed verification][better source needed] From 1500 to 1800, Bolivia...
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  • page is part of the List of years in poetry Centuries in poetry: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century Decades in poetry: 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s...
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  • ships in the 17th century. The chasse-partie determined the division of plunder among the crew as well as other rules. 18th-century pirates built upon...
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  • see also: 17th century in games, 19th century in games 1742 – Edmond Hoyle publishes his A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist. 1750 – The compendium Mr...
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