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