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* [[1785]] - [[Testament de Jérome Sharp]], a book by [[Henri Decremps]] on magic theory, is published
 
* [[1785]] - [[Testament de Jérome Sharp]], a book by [[Henri Decremps]] on magic theory, is published
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* [[1786]] - [[Gilles-Edme Guyot]], a magician and author, dies
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* [[1788]] - [[Louis Apollinaire Christian Emmanuel Comte]], a very successful conjurer who billed himself as "The King's Conjurer", is born

Revision as of 16:21, 23 March 2010

The century of the 1700s.


Selected Magic Events By Year

(Click on date to see all magic events in that year)

  • 1710 - Legerdemain: or, Natural and Artificial Conclusions and Hocus Pocus Improved is published
  • 1726 - Philip Breslaw, a German magician who specialized in close-up performances, is born
  • 1783 - Richard Potter, credited as the first successful stage magician born in the United States and as the first black magician, is born