18th century

[[File:Napoléon Bonaparte painting.jpg||thumb|Napoléon Bonaparte]]
The '''18th century''' was defined by the calendar of [[Earth]] as occurring from the year 1701 through the year 1800.

== Events ==
* The [[T'Lani]] and [[Kellerun]] declare war on each other. ({{DS9|Armageddon Game}})
* The people of [[Beta Portolan]] are overcome by a mass [[insanity]], brought by the arrival of the [[flying parasite]]s. ({{TOS|Operation -- Annihilate!}})
* Colonists from [[Peliar Zel]] first migrate to the planet's two [[moon]]s. ({{TNG|The Host}})
* Hundreds of criminals from the planet [[Ux-Mal]] are imprisoned on a moon of [[Mab-Bu VI]] after their consciousnesses are permanently separated from their bodies. ({{TNG|Power Play}})
* [[Chez Sandríne]] is opened in the city of [[Marseille]] on Earth. ({{VOY|The Cloud|Non Sequitur}})
* [[Napoléon Bonaparte]] rises to power in [[France]], ushering in the [[Napoleonic era]]. This era continues into the early [[19th century]]. ({{TOS|The Squire of Gothos}}; {{TNG|Hide and Q}})
* In France, according to [[Spock]], this is the era of the [[swashbuckler]]. ({{TOS|The Naked Time}})
* In [[America]], a pair of [[glasses]] that are eventually given to [[James T. Kirk]] as a [[birthday]] present from [[Leonard McCoy]] are made in this century. ({{Film|3|4}})
;1738: [[William Herschel]] is born. ({{VOY|Future's End}})
;1743: [[Moët et Chandon]] is founded in the French town of [[Epernay]]. ({{film|7}})
;1753: [[Tarquin]] is born at some point before this date. ({{ENT|Exile}})
[[File:Apollo Lunar Module descent in ENT opening titles.jpg|thumb|Diagram of moon's eclipse in 1761]]
;1761: On May 18th of this year a lunar [[eclipse]] occurred on Earth at 10:07 at night. ({{s|ENT}})
{{bginfo|This information, as well as information on the solar eclipse from 1764, can be seen in the [[Star Trek: Enterprise opening title sequences|''Enterprise'' opening credits]] in a diagram taken from {{w|James Ferguson (Scottish astronomer)|James Ferguson}}'s "Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's principles: and made easy to those who have not studied mathematics".}}
;1764: On April 1 of this year a solar eclipse occurs on Earth at 10:25 in the "forenoon". ({{s|ENT}})
;1767 (circa): The planets [[Eminiar VII]] and [[Vendikar]] begin a bitter war. At some point the conflict becomes fought entirely in a computer simulation, and casualties are calculated based on projected results. ({{TOS|A Taste of Armageddon}})
;1776: The [[United States of America]] declares independence from [[Old Britain]] during the [[American Revolution]]. Under the military leadership of [[General]] [[George Washington]] and with the support of the [[French]] [[King]], the rebellion is successful. ({{TOS|The City on the Edge of Forever}}; {{TNG|The High Ground}})
: The [[Presidio]], a future site of [[Starfleet Command]] and [[Starfleet Academy]], is founded by [[Spain]]. ({{film|1}})
;1778: The [[neutron star]] in a [[binary star system]] located in the [[Kavis Alpha sector]] explodes. ({{TNG|Evolution}})
;1786: [[Davy Crockett]] is born. ({{DS9|Once More Unto the Breach}})
;1788: [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]: The Constitution of the United States is adopted, and thereafter George Washington is elected [[President of the United States|President]]. ({{TOS|Court Martial|The Omega Glory}})
;1789 : Beginning of the period discussed in the [[book]] [[Memoirs of Frederick Perthes, or, Literary, religious, and political life in Germany, from 1789 to 1843]]. ({{TNG|Samaritan Snare}})
;1790: French military uniforms worn by the creations of [[Q]] on an unnamed planet are from this year. According to [[Data]], the uniforms are be discontinued or changed in 1800. ({{TNG|Hide and Q}})

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== Appendices ==
=== Background Information ===
According to the {{ste|3}} (3rd ed., pp. 60, 160, 183, 310, 319, & 323), the following events occur in this century:
* 1727 - [[Isaac Newton]] dies.
* 1756 - [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] is born.
* 1758 - [[Horatio Nelson]] is born.
* 1759 - [[Georg Friedrich Händel]] dies.
* 1768 - Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier, the inventor of the [[Fourier analysis]], is born.
* 1788 - [[Lord Byron]] is born.
* 1791 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies.
* 1795 - [[John Keats]] is born.

=== External links ===
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