Test your basic knowledge |

18th Century Timeline

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. Spanish missionaries established the first of 21 missions in California.






2. The Plague Riot in Moscow.






3. City of New Orleans founded by the French in North America






4. Anglo-Mysore Wars






5. King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.






6. First Jacobite rebellion breaks out - British halt Jacobite advance at the Battle of Sheriffmuir; Battle of Preston






7. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






8. Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate.






9. Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins' Ear in the Caribbean.






10. EastIndia Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China.






11. 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.






12. Revolt in the Vend






13. Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu.






14. Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule inIndia after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the EastIndia Company.






15. Nader Shah defeated the Mughals at the Battle of Karnal and sacked Delhi.






16. The R






17. The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come






18. Pope Benedict XIV issues Immensa Pastorum principis against slavery






19. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.






20. Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu.






21. Great Northern War between Tsarist Russia and the Swedish Empire






22. Maratha Empire fights Britain and Raghunathrao's forces during theFirst Anglo-Maratha War






23. Second Jacobite Rebellion began by Charles Edward Stuart in Scotland






24. Hotaki dynasty founded in Afghanistan.






25. The 'Great Disaster'






26. Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population






27. The R






28. The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland.






29. The Third Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia.






30. Anglo-Spanish War






31. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance






32. Stamp Act introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament.






33. Tarabai establishes rival Maratha Empire government in Kolhapur against Chattrapati Shahu






34. The Netherlands - Britain and France sign the Triple Alliance






35. War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict which involved most of Europe.






36. Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast






37. American Revolutionary War






38. Tipu Sultan was killed in a battle with the British forces.






39. Imam Sheikh Mansur - a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic - led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian invaders.






40. Illuminati founded by Adam Weishaupt






41. Richard Arkwright and his partners build the world's first water-powered mill at Cromford.






42. United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution.






43. The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing






44. Russo-Turkish War.






45. Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone.






46. The Great Plague of Marseille






47. Handel's first opera - Almira - premieres.






48. Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact






49. American Revolutionary War






50. The Second Carnatic War fought between the British - the French - the Marathas - and Mysore inIndia