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  1. 2 days ago · Communism portal. Organized Labour portal. v. t. e. The Age of Enlightenment (also the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment) was the intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and the 18th centuries. [1] [2] The Enlightenment featured a range of social ideas centered on the value of knowledge learned by way of ...

  2. 3 days ago · French Revolution. The French Revolution [a] was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate. Many of its ideas are considered fundamental principles of liberal democracy, [1] while its values ...

    • 5 May 1789 – 9 November 1799, (10 years, 6 months, and 4 days)
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  4. 4 days ago · Notable historical events in the late 18th century, that marked the transition from the early modern period to the late modern period, include: the American Revolution (1765–91), French Revolution (1789–99), and beginning of the Industrial Revolution around 1760. The Industrial Revolution was a period of major industrialization during the ...

  5. 4 days ago · British Sea Power, 1750–1815. Aldershot, Ashgate, 2003, ISBN: 754608301X; 239pp.; Price: £37.50. Dr Cindy McCreery, review of Representing the Royal Navy. British Sea Power, 1750–1815, (review no. 436) Now is an appropriate time to consider the role of the British Navy and its cultural significance. 2005 marks the bicentenary of the Battle ...

  6. 5 days ago · The only one of these six occupations in mid-18th-century London (with three quarters of a million people) which matched this exclusive gender profile was the masons. Women were clockmakers and carpenters, and men were linen drapers, tailors, sold women’s clothes and dressed hair.( 4 ) Whether these differences were due to the difference in ...

  7. 3 days ago · World Population Policies: Their Origin, Evolution, and Impact. Dordrecht, Springer, 2012, ISBN: 9789400728363; 339pp.; Price: £117.00. At the beginning of the 18th century, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, maréchal de France, sent a letter to Louis XIV, as part of his efforts to persuade the King to help his poverty-stricken subjects.

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