- 1682-1718: Karl XII, King of Sweden
- 1713: Treaty of Utrecht ends the War of the Spanish Succession
- 1714: George I becomes king of Great Britain
- 1715: Louis XV becomes king of France
- 1740-1785: Frederick the Great of Prussia
- 1740-1748: The War of the Austrian Succession
- 1740: Maria Theresa becomes Empress of Austria;
- Frederick II of Prussia invades Silesia
- 1756-1763: The Seven Years War
- 1776: The American Declaration of Independence
- 1780: Joseph II of Austria begins his reforms of the Austrian goverment
- 1789: The Estates General meets in Paris beginning the French Revolution
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