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