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  2. Timeline of the 18th century - Wikipedia

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    1796: Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination; smallpox killed an estimated 400,000 Europeans each year during the 18th century, including five reigning monarchs. [23] 1796: War of the First Coalition: The Battle of Montenotte marks Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander. 1796: The British eject the Dutch from ...

  3. 18th century - Wikipedia

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    Development of the Watt steam engine in the late 18th century was an important element in the Industrial Revolution in Europe. The American Revolutionary War took place in the late 18th century. The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCI) to 31 December 1800 (MDCCC).

  4. List of decades, centuries, and millennia - Wikipedia

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    33rd century BC: 32nd century BC: 31st century BC: 3rd millennium BC · 3000–2001 BC 30th century BC: 29th century BC: 28th century BC: 27th century BC: 26th century BC: 25th century BC: 24th century BC: 23rd century BC: 22nd century BC: 21st century BC: 2nd millennium BC · 2000–1001 BC 20th century BC: 19th century BC: 18th century BC ...

  5. Category:18th-century timelines - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of the 18th century This page was last edited on 28 October 2023, at 15:26 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...

  6. Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia

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    The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly significant technological inventions and their ... 18th century. 1700s. 1709: ...

  7. List of years - Wikipedia

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    3.8 18th century. 3.9 19th century. 3.10 20th century. 4 3rd millennium. ... Timeline of the far future; Year zero This page was last edited on 30 January 2025, at ...

  8. Age of Enlightenment - Wikipedia

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    During the 18th century, enlightened literary movements such as the Arcádia Lusitana (lasting from 1756 until 1776, then replaced by the Nova Arcádia in 1790 until 1794) surfaced in the academic medium, in particular involving former students of the University of Coimbra. A distinct member of this group was the poet Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage

  9. Age of Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The Age of Revolution is a period from the late-18th to the mid-19th centuries during which a number of significant revolutionary movements occurred in most of Europe and the Americas. [2] The period is noted for the change from absolutist monarchies to representative governments with a written constitution, and the creation of nation states.