1689-1755:  Life of Montesquieu

1694-1778:  Life of Voltaire

1711-1776:  Life of David Hume

1712-1778:  Life of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

1713-1784:  Life of Denis Diderot

1714-1727:  Reign of George I of England

1715-1774:  Reign of Louis XV of France

1722-1742:  Robert Walpole is Prime Minister of England

1723-1790:  Life of Adam Smith

1727-1760:  Reign of George II of England

1732-1809:  Life of Franz Haydn

1734:  Voltaire, Philosophical Letters

1737:  Louvre Palace devotes section to public exhibits

1740-1780:  Reign of Maria Theresa of Austria

1740-1786:  Reign of Frederick II of Prussia

1741:  Frederick II, Anti-Machiavel