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...

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...

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...

leaders 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...

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...

The 18th arrondissement of Paris (XVIIIe arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements, or administrative districts, of the capital city of France....

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...

in the 18th century is marked by the First Great Awakening in the Americas, along with the expansion of the Spanish and Portuguese empires around the...

Paris in the 17th century Paris in the 18th century In 1492, roughly 450,000 km2 (173,746 sq mi) versus 550,000 km2 (212,356 sq mi) in the 1990s. The...

During the 16th century, Paris was the largest city in Europe, with a population of about 350,000 in 1550.[citation needed] The 16th century saw the Renaissance...

character, the hero of a series of police detective novels written by Jean-François Parot that take place principally in Paris in the 18th century. Nicolas...

often abandoned and forgotten. Paris had annexed its suburbs many times over the centuries, and by the 18th century many of its arrondissements (administrative...

exactly the old Holy Roman Empire, in the 18th century entered a period of decline that would finally lead to the dissolution of the Empire during the Napoleonic...

be named after an Italian café owner in Paris in the 18th century. The dish has appeared on restaurant menus in the United States since 1899, if not earlier...

restaurants in Paris. Paris has several other kinds of traditional eating places. The café arrived in Paris in the 17th century, and by the 18th century Parisian...

Paris in the 17th century was the largest city in Europe, with a population of half a million, matched in size only by London. It was ruled in turn by...

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...

of Versailles Paris in the 18th century French Canada Québécois people Saint-Domingue Saint Dominicans Haiti French Haitians Slavery in Saint-Domingue...

integrated into the growing city of Paris. In the 18th century the church came under the influence of a more radical group of clerics known as the Convulsionnaires...

Literary historian Ian Watt, in The Rise of the Novel (1957), argued that the modern novel was born in the early 18th century. Recent technological developments...

This is a list of aviation-related events during the 18th century (January 1, 1701 – December 31, 1800): 1709 Portuguese Father Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates...

west front of Notre-Dame until the work of Jacques-Germain Soufflot in the 18th century. In 1160, the Bishop of Paris, Maurice de Sully, decided to build...

17th century Paris in the 18th century Paris in the 19th century Paris under Napoleon Paris during the Restoration Paris under Louis-Philippe Paris during...

1860) Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty 609 commissioners served during 18th century Notes: Between 1693 and 1830 the commission always included either...

chasse-partie determined the division of plunder among the crew as well as other rules. 18th-century pirates built upon this concept and created their own...

faith. In the mid-18th century, Paris became the center of philosophic and scientific activity challenging traditional doctrines and dogmas. After the Edict...

Hamilton The Grange (Paris, Kentucky), an 18th-century home built for slave trader Ned Stone National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry ("The Grange")...

by l'Abbé Charles Michel de l'Épée who created the first school for the deaf in Paris in the 18th century. He defined his own manual alphabet and synthesized...

The city of Paris has notable examples of architecture from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. It was the birthplace of the Gothic style, and has important...

(15 August 1720, in Paris – 20 January 1800, in Paris) was an 18th-century French physicist and one of the major contributors to the Encyclopédie by Diderot...