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. Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark.
1716
1772
1798
1703
2. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.
1771
1792
1718-1730
1775
3. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1799
1730
1798
1796
4. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.
1765
1783
1787
1787
5. Napoleon's invasion and partition of the Republic of Venice ended over 1000 years of independence for the Serene Republic.
1797
1740
1740
1707
6. Pope Clement XII issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons.
1779
1738
1766
1787
7. War of the Spanish Succession - French troops defeated at the Battles of Ramilies and Turin.
1706
1709
1722
1700-1721
8. Establishment of the Sikh Confederacy along the present-dayIndia-Pakistan border.
1785
1716
1759
1775
9. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.
1799
1790
1710-1711
1745
10. Mount Fuji erupts in Japan.
1769
1716
1783
1707
11. Accession of George I - Elector of Hanover - to the throne of Great Britain
1755
1711-1715
1740
1714
12. Inconfid
1723
1788
1715
1715
13. After Aurangzeb's death - the Mughal Empire enters a long decline and the Maratha Empire slowly replaces it.
1707
1742
1720
1795
14. War of 27 years between the Marathas and Mughals ends inIndia.
1739
1707
1794
1745
15. Charles XII of Sweden flees to Ottoman Empire after Peter I of Russia defeats his army at the Battle of Poltava.
1739
1709
1787
1792
16. TheFirst Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud
1718-1730
1799
1796
1744
17. Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground.
1706
1722
1795
1769
18. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1713-1714
1735
1738
1721
19. Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi
1781
1723
1707
1763
20. Ashanti Empire is formed under Osei Kofi Tutu I
1772
1754
1748
1701
21. Blackbeard (Edward Teach) is killed by Robert Maynard in a North Carolina inlet on the inner side of Ocracoke Island
1701
1755
1718
1745
22. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia
1740
1709
1744
1748
23. The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars.
1792
1778
1788
1738
24. The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China.
1707
1796
1722
1721
25. Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom.
1710
1763
1738
1767
26. Famine across the Sahel - half the population of Timbuktu died.
1702
1799
1738
1739
27. Revolt in the Vend
1730
1799
1711-1715
1793
28. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.
1718-1730
1776
1792
1776
29. Great Frost of 1709 - coldest winter in 500 years.
1740
1740
1773
1709
30. T
1738
1709
1787
1778
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.
1719
1761
1708
1785
32. Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin Methodism in England
1791
1791
1707
1729
33. The world's first copyright legislation - Britain's Statute of Anne - becomes effective
1720
1758
1710
1709
34. James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands.
1722
1778
1793
1787
35. Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'
1710-1711
1702
1770
1772
36. New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the 9th state - and by the terms of Article VII it is in effect.
1710-1711
1723
1709
1788
37. Seven Years' War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world.
1775
1739
1718-1730
1756
38. Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles.
1781
1708
1745
1730
39. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1722
1781
1789
1712
40. Mungo Park - backed by the African Association - is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
1796
1793
1794
1779
41. First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney.
1788
1744
1791
1722
42. Treaty of Nystad signed - ending the Great Northern War.
1789
1721
1790
1775
43. Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1792
1785
1707
1779
44. Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1760
1722
1758
1738
45. United States Declaration ofIndependence adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
1776
1770
1796
1793
46. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston
1715
1747
1769
1741
47. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.
1789
1783
1768
1701
48. Pinckney's Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the US.
1740
1709
1722
1795
49. Kangxi Emperor bans Christian missionaries because of Pope Clement XI's decree
1783
1739
1713
1721
50. French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
1792
1772
1708
1759