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18th century

The 18th century (1701–1800, or a "long" 1660–1832) was the era of the Enlightenment, the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions, the early British Industrial Revolution, and the Atlantic slave trade economy.

18th century in literature

18th century in literature: the long eighteenth century (c. 1660–1830) of the rise of the novel (Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Burney), the periodical essay (Tatler, Spectator, Rambler), expanding print markets, women writers, and classical translation.

18th Lok Sabha

18th Lok Sabha: India's current House of the People, elected in the 2024 seven-phase general election. NDA won 294 of 543 seats, BJP 240; Om Birla Speaker, Modi's third term.

18th Rose

18th Rose is a 2026 Filipino coming-of-age romantic drama directed and co-written by Dolly Dulu, starring Xyriel Manabat and Kyle Echarri as teens in early-2000s Romblon whose debut-escort deal turns romantic; it premiered on Netflix April 9, 2026.

18th SAARC summit

18th SAARC Summit: SAARC heads of state or government meeting in Kathmandu, Nepal, 26–27 November 2014, themed "Deeper Integration for Peace and Prosperity." Signed only the energy cooperation agreement; motor vehicle and railways pacts failed; last summit held.

18th Street gang

18th Street gang (Barrio 18, M-18): Los Angeles street gang, formed in the 1960s Rampart area per CRS/GAO accounts (AP attributes it to Salvadorans), rival of MS-13, spread to Central America via 1996-era deportations, split into Revolucionarios and Sureños, designated a foreign terrorist organization in 2025.

18th West Bengal Assembly

The 18th West Bengal Assembly is the 294-seat state legislature of West Bengal, India, elected in April 2026, when the BJP defeated Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.

18XX

18XX is a family of over 200 railway and stock-market board games begun with Francis Tresham's 1829 (1974) and defined by 1830 (1986), featuring hex tile track laying, rusting trains, and alternating stock and operating rounds.

19 (Adele album)

19 is Adele's debut studio album, released January 28, 2008 on XL Recordings; named for her age at writing, it hit UK number one, sold 6.5 million copies, and won her the 2009 Best New Artist Grammy.

19 (number)

19, or nineteen, is the eighth prime number, known for the 19-year Metonic cycle of the Moon, Waring's constant, and the prime field of Curve25519.

19 Cephei

19 Cephei is a blue supergiant star of spectral type O9 Ib in the constellation Cepheus, at the edge of naked-eye visibility and about 2,000 light-years away.

19 Kids and Counting

19 Kids and Counting was a TLC reality series (2007–2015) about Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar's Arkansas family of 19 children; retitled as the family grew and canceled in 2015 over Josh Duggar's molestation allegations.

19 Piscium

19 Piscium, also known as TX Piscium, is a bright orange-red carbon star and irregular variable at the eastern edge of the Circlet of Pisces.

19-2 (2014 TV series)

19-2 (2014 TV series): English-language Canadian police drama on Bravo, 2014–2017, four seasons, adapting the 2011 Quebec series; stars Adrian Holmes and Jared Keeso as Montreal patrol partners Nick Barron and Ben Chartier.

19-inch rack

The 19-inch rack, also called a rackmount or server rack, is a standardized frame for mounting servers and network equipment, introduced by AT&T around 1922.

190 Ismene

190 Ismene (A878 SA) is a large P-type Hilda-group asteroid, about 159 km across, discovered 22 September 1878 by C. H. F. Peters at Clinton, in 3:2 resonance with Jupiter.

1900

1900, known in Japan as Meiji 33, was the final year of the nineteenth century, marked by the Galveston hurricane, the Boxer Rebellion, and Planck's quantum theory.

1900 (film)

1900 (Novecento) is Bernardo Bertolucci's 1976 Italian-French-West German epic about landowner Alfredo (De Niro) and peasant Olmo (Depardieu) in Emilia-Romagna, 1901-1945; over five hours, Storaro, Morricone, Cannes 1976.

1900 Democratic National Convention

1900 Democratic National Convention, Kansas City, July 4–6, 1900: renominated William Jennings Bryan with Adlai E. Stevenson; reaffirmed free silver at 16 to 1 and made anti-imperialism the paramount issue; lost to McKinley.

1900 Galveston hurricane

The 1900 Galveston hurricane, known as the Great Galveston Hurricane, struck Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900, killing about 8,000 people, the deadliest natural disaster in United States history.

1900 Summer Olympics

1900 Summer Olympics (Games of the II Olympiad), Paris, 14 May–28 October 1900, held within the Exposition Universelle; first Games with women competitors (Charlotte Cooper, Margaret Abbott), 95 medal events, Al Kraenzlein won four athletics golds, France topped the medal table.

1900 United States presidential election

The 1900 United States presidential election: Republican incumbent William McKinley defeated William Jennings Bryan 292 to 155 electoral votes in their 1896 rematch, with Theodore Roosevelt as vice president, on issues of imperialism, free silver, and trusts.

1900Rugrat

1900Rugrat, real name Miles Spiel (born 2003), is an American rapper from Limestone Creek, Florida, who went viral in 2024 with "One Take Freestyle" over Rocko's "U.O.E.N.O." and signed to Remain Solid/300 Entertainment.

1900s

The 1900s means either the decade 1900–1909 or the years 1900–1999, overlapping the 20th century (1901–2000). The period saw electricity spread, the automobile contest won by internal combustion, and powered flight begin in 1903.

1901

1901, first year of the 20th century: Queen Victoria died, Australia federated, McKinley was assassinated, the first Nobel Prizes went to Röntgen and others, and Marconi crossed the Atlantic by radio.

1902

1902 (MCMII) was the year the Boer War ended with the Treaty of Vereeniging, the Anglo-Japanese Alliance was signed, and Mount Pelée produced the century's deadliest eruption.

1902 eruption of Mount Pelée

The 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée on the French Caribbean island of Martinique destroyed Saint-Pierre on 8 May 1902, killing roughly 28,000 people in the deadliest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.

1902 eruption of Santa María

The 1902 eruption of Santa María was a Plinian eruption of the Guatemalan stratovolcano on 25 October 1902, among the largest of the 20th century, killing thousands.

1902 eruption of Soufriere St. Vincent

The 1902 eruption of Soufrière St. Vincent was a major eruption of La Soufrière on Saint Vincent that climaxed on 7 May 1902 and killed about 1,600 people.

1902 in aviation

The year 1902 in aviation saw the Wright brothers' third glider, the first aircraft with three-axis control, plus the first fatal airship crash over Paris.