1700s (original) (raw)

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s - 1700s - 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s

Years: 1700 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709

Events and Trends

• The Bonneville Slide blocks the Columbia River near the site of present-day Cascade Locks, Oregon with a land bridge 200 feet high. The river eventually removes the blockage, but this event is remembered in the local legends of the Native Americans as the Bridge of the Gods.

World Leaders

• King Frederick IV of Denmark (1699 - 1730).
• King William III of England (1689 - 1702).
• Queen Anne of Great Britain (1702 - 1714).
• King Louis XIV of France (1643 - 1715).
• Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658 - 1705).
• Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1705 - 1711).
• Tsar Peter I of Russia (1682 - 1725).
• King Charles XII of Sweden (1697 - 1718).