18th century way of life
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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