Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1698

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Literature

Theatre

Jeremy Collier, A Short View of the Immorality of the Stage

Art

Music

Science, Technology, & Medicine

Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine

Politics & Law

Tsar Peter the Great of Russia begins his European travels

Philosophy & Theology

Isaac Watts preaches his first sermon at Mark Lane Chapel in London

Milestones

Miscellaneous

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