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18th century timeline
c. 1700
Holland and England are now producing the magnificent ocean-going merchant vessels known as East Indiamen
The East Indiaman
Repulse
, by Charles Henry Seaforth, 1842
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1700
Charles II, the childless king of Spain. leaves all his territories to Philip of Anjou, a grandson of the French king, Louis XIV
1700
Poland, Russia and Denmark attack Sweden, beginning the 21-year Northern War
c. 1700
Peter the Great sets up numerous schools and commercial enterprises to enable Russia to compete in Europe
Peter the Great
(New York Public Library)
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1700
Boston merchant Samuel Sewall publishes
The Selling of Joseph
, a very early anti-slavery tract
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