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The 18th century Publication of political literature. The expiry of the Licensing Act in 1695 halted state censorship of the press. During the next 20 years there were to be 10 general elections. These two factors combined to produce an enormous growth in the publication of political literature.
The 18th century was the century from 1701 to 1800. Decades and years. Note: years before or after the 18th century are in italics. 1690s: 1690: 1691: 1692 ...
Naval officer George Vancouver sails from Britain on the voyage which will bring him to the northwest coast of America. Go to Vancouver, George (1757–98) in The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: Britain 1750-1900. Exploration.
European literature of the 18th century refers to literature (poetry, drama, satire, essays, and novels) produced in Europe during this period. The 18th century saw the development of the modern novel as literary genre, in fact many candidates for the first novel in English date from this period, of which Daniel Defoe 's 1719 Robinson Crusoe is ...
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United Kingdom - 18th-century Britain, 1714–1815: When Georg Ludwig, elector of Hanover, became king of Great Britain on August 1, 1714, the country was in some respects bitterly divided. Fundamentally, however, it was prosperous, cohesive, and already a leading European and imperial power. Abroad, Britain’s involvement in the War of the Spanish Succession had been brought to a ...
