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