1700s

The century of the 1700s.

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Selected Magic Events By Year

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• 1700-Unexact dates - Round About Our Coal Fire: or, Christmas Entertainments is published circa 1700

• 1703 - Arts Improvement:or, Choice Experiments is published

• 1706 - Gilles-Edme Guyot is born in France

• 1708 - Recreations Mathematical and Physical is translated and published from the earlier French version

• 1710 - Legerdemain: or, Natural and Artificial Conclusions and Hocus Pocus Improved is published

• 1716 - The Merry Companion; or Delights for the Ingenious, written by Richard Neve, is published

• 1717 - Jacques Ozanam dies

• 1721 - Hocus Pocus: or, The Cabinet of Legerdemain Curiosities Broke Open, by Richard Neve, is published

• 1722 - The Whole Art of Legerdemain, or Hocus Pocus in Perfection, a book written by Henry Dean, is published in London.

• 1723 - The premise of the Chop Cup was first published

• 1726 - Philip Breslaw, a German magician who specialized in close-up performances, is born

• 1731 - Isaac Fawkes, an English conjurer and showman, dies

• 1732 - Christopher Pinchbeck, a clockmaker, dies

• 1735 - Philadelphus Philadelphia, a magician born in the U.S. and who performed extensively in Europe, is born

• 1740 - A description of the Indian Rope Trick appears in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio

• 1742 - The "father of modern circus", Philip Astley, is born

• 1743 - Alessandro Cagliostro, who acted in as a magician, prophet, and exorcist, is born

• 1746 - Henri Decremps, who unmasked magicians and charlatans who cheated others, is born

• 1750 - Chevalier Giuseppe Pinetti, a major figure of eighteenth century magic, is born

• 1756 - William Godwin, author of numerous books, including Lives of the Necromancers, is born

• 1758 - Philadelphus Philadelphia goes on tour throughout England

• 1760 - The successful magician Eliaser Bamberg is born

• 1764 - Le philosophe négre, et les secrets des Grecs, a book about card sharpers, is published

• 1769 - Nouvelles Récréations mathématiques et physiques', by Gilles-Edme Guyot, is first published

• 1770 - The Turk, better known as the Automaton Chess Player is first exhibited

• 1774 - Rational Recreations, by W. Hooper, is published

• 1777 - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg speaks out against Philadelphus Philadelphia for performing magic as science

• 1778 - Louis Goldkette, a prominent Danish conjurer, is born

• 1781 - A newspaper, showing Philip Breslaw and his act, is printed

• 1783 - Richard Potter, credited as the first successful stage magician born in the United States and as the first black magician, is born

• 1784 - Physical Amusements and Diverting Experiments, by Chevalier Giuseppe Pinetti, is published in London

• 1785 - Testament de Jérome Sharp, a book by Henri Decremps on magic theory, is published

• 1786 - Gilles-Edme Guyot, a magician and author, dies

• 1788 - Louis Apollinaire Christian Emmanuel Comte, a very successful conjurer who billed himself as "The King's Conjurer", is born

• 1789 - Thomas Denton, magician who is known for translating La Magie blanche dévoilée, dies

• 1790 - Old and Curious Playing Cards, by H.T. Morley, is published with a version of the Soldier's Prayer Book

• 1791 - The Conjuror's Magazine (Locke), is started by William Locke

• 1793 - Bartolomeo Bosco, an Italian illusionist who became one of the greatest conjurers of the 19th century, is born

• 1794 - Abraham Bamberg, a circus performer and magician, is born

• 1795 - Philadelphus Philadelphia, a celebrated conjurer who traveled very extensively through Europe, dies

• 1796 - Cabinet of Knowledge, a book by John Gale, is published

• 1798 - Étienne-Gaspard Robert, performs his first show at the Pavillon de l'Echiquier

• 1799 - Étienne-Gaspard Robert moves his show to a more permanent location