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The Restoration and E nlightenment 1660-1798

The Restoration and E nlightenment 1660-1798. Austin Martin and Brad Wilknson. 1660-1700. 1660-Sam Pepys begins diary 1661-Louis XIV begins palace at Versailles 1665-Great Plauge 1666-Great Fire of London. 1668-John Dryden 1 st official poet laureate 1685-Begin reign of James II

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The Restoration and E nlightenment 1660-1798

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  1. The Restoration and Enlightenment 1660-1798 Austin Martin and Brad Wilknson

  2. 1660-1700 • 1660-Sam Pepys begins diary • 1661-Louis XIV begins palace at Versailles • 1665-Great Plauge • 1666-Great Fire of London

  3. 1668-John Dryden 1st official poet laureate • 1685-Begin reign of James II • 1687-Newton publishes gravity • 1689-English Bill of Rights • 1695-End of prepublication censorship • 1699-End of Turkish presence in Austria

  4. 1700-1750 • 1702-Begin reign of Anne Stuart • 1703-Peter began building St. Petersburg • 1707-England and Scotland become Great Britian

  5. 1707-Mughal empire becomes independent states • 1709-Richard Steele begins periodical, The Tatler • 1711- Addison and Steele begin The Spectator • 1714-Begin reign of George I

  6. 1719-Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Cruesoe, considered 1st novel in English • 1721-Edo Tokyo becomes largest city • 1721-Robert Walpole becomes 1st political prime minister • 1722-Saffavid Empire collapses • 1722-Defoe publishes A Journal of the Plague Year

  7. 1726-Johnathan Swift anonymously delivers Gilliver’s Travels • 1727-Reign of George II begins • 1736-Qian-long becomes emperor of China leading to prosperity • 1740-Samuel Richardson publishes Pamela – first English novel • 1740-Maria Theresa becomes queen of Austria, Bohemia, and Hungary • 1746-Samuel Johnson signs contract preparing A Dictionary of the English Language

  8. 1750-1798 • 1756-Fredrick the Great starts Seven Years War • 1757-

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