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This is a timeline of the 18th century . 1700s. John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. The Battle of Poltava in 1709 turned the Russian Empire into a European power. 1700 – 1721: Great Northern War between the Russian and Swedish Empires. 1701: Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I.
26 de nov. de 2021 · In this article, learn about 7 major events that happened in the 18th Century (1700s). 1. The War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714) Battle of Ekeren, 1703. Credit: Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain. When the Spanish King Charles II died childless in 1700, he named Philip, the grandson of French King Louis XIV, as his successor.
28 de jul. de 2016 · 1739 Britain declares war on Spain in the ‘War of Jenkins’ Ear’. A British captain, named Jenkins, had his ear cut off by Spanish sailors – Britain declared war in retaliation. A map of the War of Jenkins’ Ear. Credit: Wikipedia. 1740.
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25 de ago. de 2020 · The 18th century started with the outbreak of a conflict between the mighty Swedish Empire and Tsardom of Russia, known as the Great Northern War, which lasted until 1721. The war concluded with the fall of the Swedish Empire, which ruled most of the modern-day Nordic countries.
The 18th century is frequently referred to as both the Age of Enlightenment and the Age of Revolutions. The world was transformed in this century by changes in political thought that expressed themselves in revolutions and by technological developments that allowed for new ways of manufacturing products.
18th-century Britain, 1714–1815. The state of Britain in 1714. When Georg Ludwig, elector of Hanover, became king of Great Britain on August 1, 1714, the country was in some respects bitterly divided. Fundamentally, however, it was prosperous, cohesive, and already a leading European and imperial power.
28 de mar. de 2024 · Enlightenment, a European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in which ideas concerning God, reason, nature, and humanity were synthesized into a worldview that gained wide assent in the West and that instigated revolutionary developments in art, philosophy, and politics.
