This is a list of important events relating to the LGBT community from 1701 to 1800.

Events

1700s

1704

  • 12 December – The Province of New York adopted a statute issuing a general pardon for almost all pending prosecutions, including those for same-sex intercourse. They were abandoned as of that date.[1]

1710s

1714

1715

1718

1719

1720s

1729

1730s

1730

  • 8 July – The Province of New Jersey adopted a statute imposing a duty on those bringing into the colony people convicted of various crimes, including sodomites.[8]

1740s

1746

  • 18 August – Frederick the Great of the Kingdom of Prussia suspended the death penalty for sodomy, recommending "Festungarbeit" (military labor) as an alternative punishment, as well as a visit from a preacher, to "make them understand the greatness and abomination of the vice they have committed".[9] (Frederick was himself both gay and agnostic.)

1770s

1776

1779

1780s

1782

1785

1789

1790s

1790

1791

1792

1793

1794

1795

1796

1797

1798

1799

1800

See also

References

  1. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States New York
  2. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States South Carolina
  3. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States North Carolina
  4. 1 2 The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Pennsylvania
  5. 1 2 The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States
  6. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Delaware
  7. 1 2 The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Rhode Island
  8. 1 2 3 4 "New Jersey". The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States. Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  9. Die Behördenorganisation und die allgemeine Staatsverwaltung Preussens im 18. Jahrhundert (in German). Verlag von Paul Parey. pp. 134–135.
  10. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Connecticut
  11. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Maryland
  12. 1 2 3 The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Vermont
  13. France glbtq
  14. 1 2 The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Virginia
  15. Crompton, Louis (2009). Homosexuality and Civilization. Harvard University Press. p. 512. ISBN 9780674030060.
  16. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Indiana
  17. The Construction of Homosexuality
  18. The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States Kentucky
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