| 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 |