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Timeline of the 18th Century

How well do you remember historical events from 1701 until 1800?
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1. What was the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia that was declared under King Frederick I in 1701?
Leipzig
Cologne
Berlin
Dresden
2. In 1707, Mount Fuji erupted for the first time in 10,000 years. Where is it located?
Philippines
Japan
China
Indonesia
3. Where did Peter the Great move the capital from Moscow to in 1712?
Rostov
Volgograd
Yekaterinburg
Saint Petersburg
4. The Triple Alliance from 1717 was a treaty between the Dutch Republic, France and Great Britain, against which country in an attempt to maintain the agreement of the Treaty of Utrecht?
Ottoman Empire
Spain
Italy
Habsburg Monarchy
5. Which famous novel Daniel Defoe published in 1718?
Around the World in Eighty Days
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
Treasure Island
Robinson Crusoe
6. Who invented the first mercury thermometer in 1724?
Anders Celsius
René de Réaumur
Gabriel Fahrenheit
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
7. On which continent the French and Indian War began in 1754?
Africa
North America
Asia
Europe
8. What was the name of the was a global conflict of Great Britain and its allies against a coalition of France and its allies?
The Hunderd Years War
The Seven Years War
The Forty Years War
The Six Years War
9. From 1762 until 1796, who was the longest-ruling female leader of the Russian Empire?
Anna
Elizabeth
Catherine the Great
Catherine I
10. Who first explored and mapped New Zealand and Australia in 1769?
James Cook
Abel Tasman
Sir Francis Drake
Vitus Bering
11. Which city was the site of a massacre in the growing rebellion in American Revolutionary?
Boston
Philadephia
Cleveland
Portland
12. What did patriots in Boston dump into the harbor in a 1773 protest?
Tea
Paint
Tax documents
Wool
13. In 1776, the United States Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress in which city?
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
14. In 1787, freed slaves from London established Freetown in which present-day African country?
Angola
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Guinea
15. What was the first permanent European settlement established in Australia in 1788?
Sydney
Perth
Brisbane
Darwin
16. Who became the first President of the United States in 1789?
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
17. When did American Revolutionary War begin?
1775
1735
1783
1753
18. Who developed the first smallpox vaccination in 1796?
Robert Koch
Marie Curie
Louis Pasteur
Edward Jenner
19. Who establishes the French Consulate and brought an end to the French Revolution in 1799?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XVI
Maximilien Robespierre
Georges Danton
20. Who invented the first battery in 1799?
James Watt
Michael Faraday
Alessandro Volta
Nikola Tesla
21. Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in the 18th century?
Great Britain
USA
China
Germany
22. How many ronins (leaderless samurai) avenged the death of their master in the legendary event in 18th-century Japan?
47
55
5
12
23. What was the first English-language edition name of the 18th-century collection of folk tales "One Thousand and One Nights"?
The Indian Nights
The Arabian Nights
The Babylonian Nights
The Persian Nights
24. Who was the Commander of the Continental Army and helped organize the efforts of the colonies to fight against Great Britain?
George Washington
John Smith
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
25. What is considered the final major battle of the Revolutionary War?
Battle of Cowpens
Battle of Lexington
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Germantown
26. What peace treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War?
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Danger
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Tordesillas
27. Who was Marie Antoinette's husband?
Marquis de Lafayette
Paul Barras
Maximilien Robespierre
King Louis XVI
28. Which famous composer died of fever in 1791 at age of 35?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Antonio Vivaldi
Joseph Haydn
Ludwig van Beethoven
29. The guillotine is an instrument for inflicting capital punishment that came into common use in which country in 18th centrury?
Great Britain
France
Spain
Italy
30. During French Revolution where did a group of women (and men) march from Paris to, demanding lower bread prices?
Versailles
Strasbourg
Bastille
Marseille
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