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18th Century Word Chain #1

How well do you know the 18th century?
The chain is created only by the words YOU fill in (NOT those pre-filled in)
Your answers must begin with the last letter of the previous answer and end with the first letter of the next answer.
Part #2 HERE and #3 HERE
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Etanna
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Last updated: January 7, 2023
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British Parliament imposed a significant tax on its American colonies
1765
Stamp Act
This musical instrument is built for the first time by B. Cristofori
1709
piano
This empire enjoys the so-called Tulip period (1718-1730) full of peace and prosperity
 
Ottoman
This British Vice-Admiral-to-be loses his right arm in a battle
1797
Nelson
Modern pizza is invented in this city
 
Naples
This Scottish economist publishes The Wealth of Nations
1776
Smith
Maria Theresa, mother of Marie Antoinette, becomes the ruler of this empire
1740
Habsburg
This Swedish king seizes power in a coup d'état
1772
Gustav III
This country is reunified after 200 years by the Tay Son brothers
1778
Vietnam
This Sultan and poet, known as 'the Hunchback' is buried in New Mosque
1754
Mahmud I
This khanate in contemporary Mongolia is conquered by the Qing dynasty
1755
Dzungar
This stone with Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Greek and Demotic scripts is found and stolen by the French
1799
Rosetta
James Cook explores and maps the east coast of this contemporary country
1770
Australia
This Founding Father becomes the second US president
1797
Adams
This practice is abolished in Russia by Peter the Great
1723
Slavery
This epidemic kills about 10% of Philadelphia's population
1793
yellow fever
This commander-in-chief and future president successfully leads the Siege of Boston
1776
Washington
This American city is founded by the French
1718
New Orleans
Edward Jenner discovers vaccination against this disease
1790s
smallpox
These wars are fought by the British and Boer settlers against South African people of the same name
 
Xhosa
This region is discovered by Vitus Bering, a Danish cartographer
1741
Alaska
This English author begins writing her novel Pride and Prejudice
1796
Austen
This era begins by a coup d'état and will last until the Battle of Waterloo
1799
Napoleonic
This temperature scale is proposed by a Swedish physicist of the same name
1742
Celsius
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2 Comments
PaterN
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Level 81
Jan 7, 2023
Very fine Quiz! The physicist is named CelSius - correction needed!
Etanna
+1
Level 73
Jan 7, 2023
Thank you, I've fixed the error now! :)
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