Resources For Writing Period Pieces: 1700s
Major Events Of The Century
Deerfield Massacre (1704)
Freedom Of The Press established by John Peter Zenger
Alaska is discovered by Capt. Vitus Bering (1740)
Benjamin Franklin invents the Lightning Rod (1752)
Seven Years’ War (1756-1763)
Beginning of British Empire in India (1757)
Industrial Revolution of England begins (1760)
Catherine II (“the Great”) serves as the czarina of Russia (1762-1796)
Boston Massacre (1770)
Boston Tea Party (1773)
American Revolution (1775-1783)
Declaration of Independence (1776) and Constitution (1787) and Bill of Rights (1791) (United States)
French Revolution (1789-1799)
Reign of Terror (1793-1794)
Popular Culture and Society
Chinoiserie in 18th Century Asia
Age of Enlightenment
World leaders, politicians, military
Show business, theatre, entertainers
Musicians, composers
Visual artists, painters, sculptors, printmakers, architects
Writers, poets
Philosophers, theologians
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
Literary and philosophical achievements
Musical works
Names
Popular Nicknames in in 18th Century
18th Century Boy Names
18th Century Girl Names
Clothing
1700-1750 in Western Fashion
1750-1775 in Western Fashion
1775-1795 in Western Fashion
Chinoiserie in Fashion
By Country
1700s in Austria
1700s in the Bahamas
1700s in Brazil
1700s in the British Empire
1700s in Canada
1700s in China
1700s in the Danish colonial empire
1700s in Denmark
1700s in the Dutch Empire
1700s in the Dutch Republic
1700s in England
1700s in France
1700s in Germany
1700s in Gibraltar
1700s in Great Britain
1700s in the Habsburg Monarchy
1700s in the Holy Roman Empire
1700s in India
1700s in Ireland
1700s in Italy
1700s in Japan
1700s in Lan Xang
1700s in Lithuania
1700s in Mexico
1700s in New France
1700s in New Spain
1700s in Norway
1700s in Nova Scotia
1700s in the Ottoman Empire
1700s in the Papal States
1700s in Poland
1700s in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1700s in Portugal
1700s in the Portuguese Empire
1700s in Portuguese Timor
1700s in Prussia
1700s in Russia
1700s in Scotland
1700s in Spain
1700s in Sweden
1700s in Taiwan
1700s in the Thirteen Colonies
1700s in Tonga
1700s in Tunisia
1700s in Ukraine
1700s in the Republic of Venice
1700s in Vietnam
1700s in Wales
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