Questions tagged [18th-century]
The 18th century lasted from January 1, 1701 to December 31, 1800 in the Gregorian calendar.
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Horace Walpole on Richard III
Thus reads Wikipedia:
In Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard III (1768),
Walpole defended Richard III against the common belief that he
murdered the Princes in the Tower. In ...
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How did Napoleon evade the British fleet and return to France?
After the defeat of the French fleet off the coast of Egypt in 1798, Napoleon's army was cut off in a far away and hostile country.
One year later, after eluding the British fleet, he made it safely ...
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After America achieved independence, did George Washington continue to wear a military uniform?
After the American Revolution, the founding fathers seem to have adapted their 'costumes' from similar European ones. Like the Europeans, their uniforms often had orders, medallions and 'golden-like'-...
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Typical fortifications around major cities in the 18th century
I came across this map of Vienna in 1769 (the city was then capital of the Hapsburg empire), i.e. almost a century after the major siege and battle of 1683 and almost a century before final removal of ...
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Is the USA Congress explicitly patterned after the British Parliament?
I have always presumed this to be the case. They have a similar form: two chambers, the lower representing "all the people" and the upper representing, very roughly speaking, "institutional forces" (...
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Gregório Amúrrio: dates of birth and death
Gregório Amúrrio was a Franciscan missionary in California during the late 1700s. He was one of the five original missionaries to Alta California, and the co-founder of Mission San Juan Capistrano.
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Underground Tunnels in New York City and Boston
Where are the underground tunnels built by masons in New York City and Boston in 1760's~1780's? Do they exist till our present day?
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When did Kakinoki Kinsuke used a kite to enter the Nagoya castle
From different online sources I can find that the Japanese thief Kakinoki Kinsuke used a kite to fly over the wall of the Nagoya castle to steal certain golden parts of a statue.
The thing I can not ...
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Why did some people need to pay a bond in the 1700s in order to get married?
This is more a genealogy question than a historical event but I couldnt think of anywhere else to ask it. (I hope it not off topic)
In 1787 my Great (x6) Grandfather paid a bond of £200 the ...
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Was there other research focusing on the medical uses of ether in the 18th Century?
In recently seeing the John Moulton statue celebrating the first use of ether in Boston:
it occurred that this sort of research usually doesn't happen in a vacuum. Were there other medical colleges, ...
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Why are the signatures on the United States Declaration of Independence structured as they are?
When looking at the United States Declaration of Independence its easy to notice that John Hancock's signature is more prominent than the others:
From my readings I know John Hancock did sign one of ...
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What factors led to the rise of political parties in the United States?
I know that at the time the Constitution was drafted partisan political parties did not exist, not in the way that we conceive of them today, and George Washington did not have a political party. ...
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Did King George III turn his back on John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?
After the resolution of the Revolutionary War, John Adams and (later) Thomas Jefferson were diplomatic agents in London. John Adams had been there a while and had previously met the King, apparently ...
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Founding Fathers and the American Civil War
I was reading an article and was wondering if there is anything out there to indicate that the Founding Fathers saw the potential for conflict regarding these specific points:
Economic and ...
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Is it true the British heavily downplayed their defeat in Cartagena?
According to the wikipedia article the British lost the siege of Cartagena despite having a numerical advantage of 7-8 to 1.
After the defeat King George II forbade anyone to talk about it in the ...
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How heavily were the British taxing their American colonies?
The British levied several taxes on the American Colonists (13), which were at least part of the reason for the American Revolution. Were the British taxing the 13 colonies for more money than was ...
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Why did Canada not join the American Revolution?
America declared independence from Britain and fought a war of independence. Several states joined the fight, however, Canada remained British. Why did the American rebellion and war of independence ...
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Why did Arthur Philip decide to move to Port Jackson two days after arriving in Botany Bay?
This wikipedia article on Botany Bay suggests the following reason:
Governor Arthur Phillip sailed the Armed Tender Supply into the bay on
18 January 1788. Two days later the remaining ships of ...
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What was the foreign policy of 1791 France?
Having done some research on my own had yielded little to no results on pre-radical revolutionary France regarding foreign policy.
I am specifically looking for arguments during the constitutional ...
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What were the reasons that the British colonies in North America rebelled but not others?
I know more about the American War of Independence than about other British colonies, but I have begun to wonder why was it just America. The British had colonies in other places but there doesn't ...
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