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18th Century Word Chain #2

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 1 HERE and 3 HERE
Quiz by Etanna
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Last updated: January 7, 2023
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This Russian capital is founded in 1703
St Petersburg
Prose satire written by Jonathan Swift in 1726
Gulliver's Travels
Revolutionaries seized control over a political prison on 14 July 1789
Storming of the Bastille
This king privately concedes that "America is lost!" in 1783
George III
Clothes are often decorated like this with motifs created using a needle and yarn
embroidered
Ahmad Shah Durrani founds this empire also known as the Afghan Empire or the Sadozai Kingdom
Durrani
In 1776 in Bavaria, Adam Weishaupt founds this secret society whose name translates to "enlightened"
Illuminati
First name of the scientist who studied gravity and was knighted in 1705
Isaac
This explorer is the first European to land on the Hawaiian Islands
Cook
These territories are invaded by the Mongol tribes of the Dzungars
Kazakh
Women's undergarment which keeps the skirt extended in a desired shape
hoop skirt
In this city, treaties which end the Seven Years' War (1763) and the American Revolutionary War (1783) are signed
Paris
The Habsburg monarchy makes the first step to abolish this feudal practice
Serfdom
A composer who wrote Don Giovanni or The Magic Flute
Mozart
The Ottoman empire undergoes this period of peace and prosperity (1718-1730)
Tulip
This German kingdom is constituted by Frederick I in 1701
Prussia
Birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte
Ajaccio
Navigational tool, also called a reflecting quadrant, developed by John Hadley and Thomas Godfrey
octant
Glass device with mercury in it invented by D. G. Fahrenheit in 1714
thermometer
An emotional artistic movement of J. W. von Goethe, R. Burns and others
Romantic
Russia annexes this region in 1783
Crimea
This council which oversees the French language is suppressed for a few years in 1793
Académie Française
This empress modernizes roads, encourages the construction of the University of Moscow and the Winter Palace and chooses not to execute anybody
Elizabeth
This German-British baroque composer writes Messiah, Water Music and Zadok the Priest
Handel
This rebellion against the Manchu dynasty in China is initiated by a movement of the same name (1796-1804)
White Lotus
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