1700s

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

Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s - 1700s - 1710s 1730s 1740s

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.
• The first newspaper to be published in English

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).