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Year
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Hint
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Answer
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A
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1800
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At the end of the century, this major landmass has still not been discovered
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Antarctica
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B
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1718
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This notorious pirate, born Edward Teach, is killed off the coast of North Carolina
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Blackbeard
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C
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1762
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This "great" empress is crowned in Russia
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Catherine the Great
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D
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1746–55
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Samuel Johnson single-handedly writes this type of book
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Dictionary
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E
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1700s
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Europe experiences this "Age of Reason"
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The Enlightenment
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F
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1740
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This "great" Prussian king is crowned
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Frederick the Great
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G
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1757
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China limits all European trade to this port city, formerly known as Canton
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Guangzhou
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H
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1778
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James Cook becomes the first European to land on this island chain
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Hawaii
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I
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1760
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This "revolution" starts in England
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Industrial Revolution
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J
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1781
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This future U.S. president, age 14, serves in the Revolutionary War
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Andrew Jackson
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K
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1781
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This German philosopher publishes "Critique of Pure Reason"
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Immanuel Kant
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L
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1755
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This city on the Atlantic ocean suffers a devastating earthquake
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Lisbon
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M
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1791
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This composer dies in Vienna at the age of 35
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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N
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1799
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Following a coup, this general becomes head of the French state
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Napoleon
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O
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1760
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This tropical ape is first described scientifically
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Orangutan
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P
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1793-94
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2,639 people are beheaded in this city
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Paris
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Q
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1734
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This book is first translated from Arabic into English
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Quran
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R
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1799
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This stone is discovered, providing the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs
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Rosetta Stone
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S
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1707
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The Acts of Union join this country with England
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Scotland
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T
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1720
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China takes control of this region
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Tibet
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U
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1789
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This element is discovered
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Uranium
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V
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1759
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This French writer publishes "Candide"
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Voltaire
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W
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1791
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This capital city is founded
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Washington
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X
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1797
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge writes the poem "Kubla Khan", inspired by this former Mongol capital
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Xanadu
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Y
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1758
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This slang term for Americans is first recorded
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Yankee
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Z
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1798
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French forces capture this city
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Zürich
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