page_title: Timeline of Dresden
section_title: 18th century
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Dresden / 18th century
context_page_description: The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
context_section_description: 1704 - Palais Flemming-Sulkowski built.
  1708 – Porcelain developed by Johann Friedrich Böttger.
  1710 – Meissen porcelain manufactory begins operating near city.
  1717 – Japanisches Palais built.
  1718 – Royal Palace rebuilt.
  1719 – Wedding reception of Polish Prince Frederick Augustus and Maria Josepha of Austria.
  1720 – Catholic Cemetery opens by decree of King Augustus II the Strong.
  1722
  Zwinger built.
  Picture Gallery founded.
  1723
  Grünes Gewölbe founded.
  Pillnitz Castle built.
  1724 – Royal Cabinet of Mathematical and Physical Instruments established.
  1729 – Wackerbarth-Palais built.
  1736 – Equestrian sculpture of Polish King August the Strong unveiled.
  1743 – Frauenkirche built.
  1745 - City "taken by the Russians."
  1748 – Collegium Medico Chirurgicum established.
  1755 – Population: 63,000 (approximate).
  1756 – Katholische Hofkirche built.
  1759 - September: "Dresden liberated from Prussians."
  1760 – July: Siege of Dresden.
  1763 – Death and burial of King Augustus III of Poland.
  1764 – Dresden Art Academy founded.
  1776 – Landhaus built.
  1784 – Observatory established.
  1788 – Saxon Library opens.
caption: Dresden by Bernardo Bellotto, 1748
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