1700s

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century 18th century 19th century
Decades:	1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s
Years:	1700 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709
Categories:	Births Deaths By country By topic Establishments

Events and trends

• The Bonneville Slide blocks the Columbia River near the site of present-day Cascade Locks with a land bridge 200 feet (60 m) 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.
• The Age of Enlightenment - The Western revolution in philosophy which gave birth to Modern political thought and philosophy.
• The Industrial Revolution, a time period starting in the 1700s.
• The Scientific Revolution, another important cultural advance.

World leaders

• King Frederick IV of Denmark (1699 – 1730).
• King William III of England and Scotland (1689 – 1702).
• Kangxi Emperor 康熙帝 (Elhe taifin) 仁帝 of Qing Dynasty (1661 – 1722).
• Queen Anne of Great Britain (1702 – 1714).
• King Louis XIV of France (1643 – 1715).
• Leopold I (1658 – 1705).
• Joseph I (1705 – 1711).
• Tsar Peter I of Russia (1682 – 1725).
• King Philip V of Spain (1700 – 1746).
• King Charles XII of Sweden (1697 – 1718).
• Mughal Empire

1. Aurangazeb 1658-1707
2. Bahadur Shah 1707-1712

• Bhonsle Dynasty of the Marathas

1. Shahu 1707-1740

• Peshwa of the Marathas

1. Balaji Vishwanath 1707-1719