In 1700's Trivia Game
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In 1708 ---------- von Haller, the father of experimental physiology, born. In 1709 Elizabeth, empress of ---------- (to Peter the Great and Catherine I),born. In 1713 Ferdinand VI, king of ---------- (1746-59), born. In 1725 ---------- -Joseph Cugnot, designed and built first automobile, born. In 1727 Severe earthquake in---------- . In 1731 Henry---------- , English physicist, chemist born. In 1732 George---------- , father figure for U.S., President (1789-1796), born. In 1741 Vitus Bering, Dutch ---------- and explorer, died. In 1752 Nicolas---------- , inventor of food canning, bouillon tablet, born. In 1758 Horatio Nelson Burnham Thorpe, Britain, naval hero at---------- , born. In 1774 John Chapman, alias Johnny---------- , born. In 1776 Continental Congress renames "---------- ", "United States". In 1782 ---------- Paganini, Genoa, Italy, composer/violin virtuoso (Princess Lucca), born. In 1783 Washington ----------, writer (Rip Van Winkle, Legend of Sleepy Hollow), born. In 1784 Empress of ---------- sets sail on first New York to China route. In 1795 Third partition of Poland, between Austria, ---------- and Russia. In 1798 ---------- 1st emperor of Brazil (1822-31), king of Portugal, born.
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