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