18th Century Chronology

Key Events 1715: Louis XIV died

1715-1774: LouisXV,king of France

1724: Belvedere Palace, Vienna, finished; Hilderbrandt architect

1726: Guilliver's Travels by Swift

1728: Beggars Ooeta by John Gay (1685-1732) performed in London

1732: Hotel de Soubise, Paris, begun; Boffrand architect

1740-1780: Maria Theresa, empress of Austria

18th century way of life

18th century fashion