1750s Flashcards
Composer who died in Leipzig, leaving his ‘The Art of Fugue’ unfinished
J. S. Bach
Company that began its 101 year rule over most of India
British East India Company
Type of book first published by Denis Diderot and others in France
Encyclopedia
Type of book first published by Samuel Johnson in England
Dictionary
American who reportedly performed experiments involving a kite and electricity
Benjamin Franklin
City where Casanova escaped from prison after being arrested for affronts to religion and common decency
Venice
European capital that was almost completely destroyed by an 8.5 earthquake, tsunami, and fire
Lisbon
Scientific name for the human species coined by Carl Linnaeus
Homo sapiens
Comet that appeared as predicted in 1758, seventy-six years after its previous visit
Halley’s Comet
Future leader who married Martha Dandridge Custis
George Washington
Author of ‘Candide’
Voltaire
Brand of beer brewed for the first time in Dublin
Guinness
City founded at the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Group of French settlers who were expelled from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (many of them later settling in Louisiana)
Acadians
Modern calendar which replaced the Julian calendar in Great Britain, skipping the date forward 11 days
Gregorian Calendar
Dungeon where the Nawab of Bengal threw 64 British prisoners, most of whom died of suffocation
The Black Hole of Calcutta
What Thomas Chippendale was famous for designing
Furniture
