1700s - Definition and Overview

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s - 1700s - 1710s 1720s 1730s
Years: 1700 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709

Events and Trends

The Bonneville Slide blocks the Columbia River near the site of present-day Cascade Locks, Oregon with a land bridge 200 feet high. The river eventually removes the blockage, but this event is remembered in the local legends of the Native Americans as the Bridge of the Gods.
The first newspaper to be published in English

King Frederick IV of Denmark (1699 - 1730).
King William III of England and Scotland (1689 - 1702).
Queen Anne of Great Britain (1702 - 1714).
King Louis XIV of France (1643 - 1715).
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658 - 1705).
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1705 - 1711).
Tsar Peter I of Russia (1682 - 1725).
King Charles XII of Sweden (1697 - 1718).

Example Usage of 1700s
	RoxieKat: Last time French government used guillotine to execute a convicted criminal wasn't in 1700s or 1800s, it was 1977. (Via Mental_floss)
	farkgeek: Archeologists unearth skeletons at the steps of Montreal Basilica. Expect to learn about life in 1700s, plot to nex... http://bit.ly/5ADA6u
	scha0974: Pilgrams on landing on fraggle rock ate pumpkin pie and agreed agreed to be the most boring people on earth until the 1700s.

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