WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 18. CENTURY
Find out what all happened in the first half of the 18. century

The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, enters into force in Great Britain. (10. April 1710)

War of the Austrian Succession: Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz. (10. April 1741)

War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht. (11. April 1713)

Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig (11. April 1727)

George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland. (13. April 1742)

The Yamasee War begins in South Carolina. (14. April 1715)

The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina. (15. April 1715)

Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel receives its premiere performance in London, England. (15. April 1738)

The Battle of Culloden is fought between the French-supported Jacobites and the British Hanoverian forces commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants. (16. April 1746)

Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid. (18. April 1738)

With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inherited by his daughter, Maria Theresa of Austria (not actually born until 1717). (19. April 1713)

The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, the News-Letter, is published in Boston, Massachusetts. (24. April 1704)

The Habsburg army is defeated by Bourbon army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession. (25. April 1707)

A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz. (26. April 1721)

First performance of George Frideric Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks in Green Park, London. (27. April 1749)

The Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. (1. May 1707)

The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. (7. May 1718)

Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn. (9. May 1726)

War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy – French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army. (11. May 1745)

Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor. (12. May 1743)