18th century

As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800 in the Gregorian calendar.

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

List of 18th century inventions

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• The Encyclopédie by the Encyclopedists
• Economics by Adam Smith
• Rosetta stone discovered by Napoleon's troops.
• Vitus Bering discovered Alaska.
• James Cook mapped the boundaries of the Pacific Ocean and discovered many Pacific Islands.
• Wahhabism by Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab