eighteenth century
Enlightenment's historical period
The eighteenth century spans the years 1701 to 1800, though in casual usage people often mean the 1700s.
As a modifier, it takes a hyphen: eighteenth-century literature, an eighteenth-century farmhouse.
In Western history, the period is associated with the Enlightenment, the American and French revolutions, and the rise of industrialization.
- Adam SmithClassical economics founder
- EncyclopédieComprehensive Enlightenment-era French reference
- coffeehouse cultureSocial milieu of cafés
- Benjamin FranklinColonial American polymath statesman
- American RevolutionColonial separation from Britain
Scientific Revolution · quill pen · spinning jenny · Boston Tea Party · Enlightenment · Voltaire · wig · War of Austrian Succession · tricorn · lace · Mozart · French Revolution · breeches · corseted · Industrial Revolution · Catherine the Great · porcelain figurines · Georgian architecture
eighteenth centurytwenty-first century
Years 2001 through 2100
modern era · future · the present · ancient times · antiquity
eighteenth centuryVictorian era
Britain under its longest-reigning queen
nineteenth century · Middle Ages · Gilded Age · Jazz Age · Digital Age