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* [[1788]] - [[Louis Apollinaire Christian Emmanuel Comte]], a very successful conjurer who billed himself as "The King's Conjurer", is born | * [[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 |
Revision as of 13:14, 25 March 2010
The century of the 1700s.
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Selected Magic Events By Year
(Click on date to see all magic events in that year)
- 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.
- 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
- 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