Chronyas has 8,056 events dated to the 18th century (1701 to 1800 CE), during the Early modern world. Below are the most notable ones, in date order.
Most of the events in this century belong to Science & technology and Art, literature & culture.
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- 1701Founding of Yale University
- from March 1701 to September 1714War of the Spanish Succession
- 1713Peace of Utrecht
- 25 April 1719Publication of Robinson Crusoe
- from 22 October 1721 to 1 September 1917Russian Empire
- 1722Construction of Élysée Palace
- 28 October 1726Publication of Gulliver's Travels
- from c. 1730s to 1780sRise of Rococo
- 1732Trevi Fountain
- 1735Discovery of cobalt
- 1735Linnaeus publishes Systema Naturae
- 2 June 1739Construction of Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- 1740Rise of Hasidic Judaism
- from 16 December 1740 to 18 October 1748War of the Austrian Succession
- October 1745Publication of God Save the King
- 1748Excavations begin at Pompeii
- c. 1750sRise of Neoclassical architecture
- 1751Encyclopédie
- 1751Discovery of nickel
- 1755Discovery of magnesium
- 12 January 1755Founding of Lomonosov Moscow State University
- from 17 May 1756 to 15 February 1763Seven Years' War
- 1759Construction of British Museum
- from 1760 to 1830Neoclassicism
- from 1760 to 1820Industrial Revolution
- 1762Construction of Winter Palace
- 1764Founding of Hermitage Museum
- from 1765 to 1783American Revolution
- 1766Discovery of hydrogen
- 5 January 1769James Watt patents the separate condenser
- 1771Construction of Vatican Museums
- 1771Discovery of oxygen
- 1772Discovery of barium
- 1772Discovery of nitrogen
- 16 December 1773Boston Tea Party
- 1774Discovery of chlorine
- 1774Discovery of manganese
- from 19 April 1775 to 3 September 1783American Revolutionary War
- 28 March 1776Construction of Bolshoi Theatre
- 4 July 1776United States Declaration of Independence
- 1777Discovery of sulfur
- 1778Discovery of molybdenum
- 3 August 1778Construction of La Scala
- 13 March 1781Discovery of Uranus
- 1783Discovery of tellurium
- 1783Steamboat
- 1783Discovery of tungsten
- from 1785 to 1925Qajar dynasty
- 1786Publication of Ode to Joy
- 1787Discovery of strontium
- 1787Discovery of yttrium
- 11 January 1787Discovery of Titania
- 11 January 1787Discovery of Oberon
- 17 September 1787United States Constitution
- 1789Discovery of zirconium
- 1789Discovery of uranium
- 1789Discovery of carbon
- from 14 July 1789 to 9 November 1799French Revolution
- 28 August 1789Discovery of Enceladus
- 17 September 1789Discovery of Mimas
- 1790Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
- 1790Sewing machine
- c. 1791Publication of The Magic Flute
- 1791Discovery of titanium
- 1791Brandenburg Gate
- 1792Publication of La Marseillaise
- 1792Publication of Dream of the Red Chamber
- 12 May 1792Founding of New York Stock Exchange
- 10 August 1793Construction of Louvre Museum
- from 2 September 1793 to 28 July 1794Reign of Terror
- 18 September 1793Construction of United States Capitol
- 14 May 1796Edward Jenner performs the first smallpox vaccination
- 1797Discovery of chromium
- July 1797Publication of Poland Is Not Yet Lost
- 1798Discovery of beryllium
- 15 July 1799The Rosetta Stone is found
- from 1800 to 1900Rise of Romantic music
- 1800Battery
- c. 1800sRise of nationalism
- 1 November 1800Construction of White House