SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
18th Century Timeline
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
trivia
,
history
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1711-1715
1729
1783
1799
2. New York Stock & Exchange Board founded.
1709
1781
1795
1792
3. Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1721
1773
1797
1755
4. Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish
1772
1796
1717
1787
5. The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War ofIndependence.
1783
1702
1787
1709
6. War of the Spanish Succession - The French defeat a combined Dutch-Austrian force at the Battle of Denain
1709
1778
1712
1796
7. First Anglo-Maratha War
1787
1783
1771
1775
8. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.
1745
1765
1787
1718-1730
9. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1705
1781
1735
1755
10. Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step; second step in 1848)
1709
1796
1781
1729
11. Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt - ending the Tulip period.
1761
1730
1785
1729
12. Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty. Ruled until his death in 1747.
1703
1736
1792
1799
13. Gurkhas conquered Nepal.
1766
1755
1721
1768
14. Jay's Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States - by which the Western outposts in the Great Lakes are returned to the U.S. - and commerce between the two countries is regulated.
1720
1759
1772
1794
15. Maratha Empire defeated at Battle of Panipat
1761
1744
1707
1756
16. Louis XIV dies - leaving France greatly enlarged but deep in debt - The Regency takes power under Philippe d'Orleans
1715
1736
1735
1733
17. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.
1796
1716
1755
1772
18. Outbreak of indigenous rebellion led by T
1780
1715
1773
1792
19. Cotton mills were first opened in England
1769
1789
1742
1747
20. Forty-seven Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka and then commit seppuku in Japan.
1702
1797
1760
1717
21. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.
1799
1730
1796
1757
22. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1776
1718
1787
1740
23. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1783
1720
1795
1709
24. Inconfid
1720
1788
1783
1704
25. War of the Polish Succession.
1733
1792
1788
1760
26. Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano.
1783
1785
1739
1756
27. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire
1771
1700-1721
1722
1744
28. Kingdom of Prussia declared under King Frederick I
1757
1714
1711-1715
1701
29. Afghans conquered Iran - overthrowing the Safavid Shah Sultan Husayn
1745
1722
1771
1706
30. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery
1755
1754
1710
1741
31. The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the EastIndies and English Company Trading to the EastIndies merged to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the EastIndies.
1772
1789
1708
1733
32. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1769
1717
1796
1754
33. The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America.
1727
1791
1701
1768
34. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.
1710-1711
1739
1709
1794
35. Russo-Persian War
1763
1722
1768
1790
36. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.
1702
1771
1738
1769
37. The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory.
1770
1730
1756
1735
38. Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.
1721
1795
1770
1738
39. Turlough O'Carolan - famous Irish harper - died.
1727
1769
1759
1738
40. The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the EastIndies and English Company Trading to the EastIndies merged to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the EastIndies.
1738
1792
1708
1736
41. United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification.
1740
1701
1739
1787
42. The Plague Riot in Moscow.
1718
1771
1738
1748
43. Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. Smallpox killed an estimated 400000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs).
1744
1796
1767
1763
44. French attempt to restart the Jacobite rebellion fails
1722
1744
1771
1718
45. James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1787
1772
1769
1759
46. Pugachev's Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in Russia's history.
1799
1748
1773
1754
47. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.
1773
1772
1790
1796
48. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1759
1775
1796
1707
49. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1706
1795
1776
1789
50. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War
1711-1715
1772
1790
1788