Chronology

1684Jean-Baptiste de la Salle founds Brothers of the Christian Schools
1717Elementary school attendance mandatory in Prussia
1750–1790John Wesley preaches revival in England
1750–1850Illegitimacy explosion
1757Madame du Coudray publishes Manual on the Art of Childbirth
1762Jean-Jacques Rousseau advocates more attentive child care in Emile
1763Louis XV orders Jesuits out of France
1774Elementary school attendance mandatory in Austria
1776Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense
1796Edward Jenner performs first smallpox vaccination