18th century Facts for Kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century · 18th century · 19th century
Decades:	1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

The 18th century is the century from 1701 to 1800.

Lots of things happened in the 18th century. In warfare, pikes were not used anymore and the most popular type of gun was a Flintlock Musket. The most important war was the seven years war. England united with Scotland and conquered India, the USA got independence from Britain and the first fleet arrived in Australia. At the end of the century France had a revolution which would lead to Napoleon becoming the ruler of France in the next century.

Decades and years

Note: years before or after the 18th century are in italics.

James Watt, Scottish Engineer
Johann Sebastian Bach, composer
Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician
George Washington, Revolutionary War general and first president of the United States
James Cook, English explorer
Blackbeard, English pirate
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer

Political boundaries at the beginning of year 1700
Storming of the Bastille, July 14, 1789, an iconic event of the French Revolution.
Development of the Watt steam engine in the late 18th century was an important element in the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain.
The American Revolutionary War took place in the late 18th century.
Europe at the beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession, 1700
The Battle of Poltava in 1709 turned the Russian Empire into a European power.
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia.
The Spinning Jenny