#9060, aired 2024-03-15 | THAT'S SO 18th CENTURY $600: In 1789 the Marquis de Launay, gov. of this landmark, didn't give up its munitions to the people so easily; bad move the Bastille |
#8735, aired 2022-11-04 | HISTORY $1200: In the 18th century the Apache lost dominance to this other people whose name ends with the same 3 letters a Comanche |
#8665, aired 2022-06-17 | HISTORIC ALLIANCES $400: The Seneca & the Tuscarora were members of an 18th century confederacy bearing the name of this group of Native American people the Iroquois |
#8630, aired 2022-04-29 | THE 18th CENTURY $2000: Tacky's Revolt was carried out in 1760 by enslaved people on this Caribbean island, a center of sugar production Jamaica |
#6493, aired 2012-12-05 | 18th CENTURY PEOPLE $400: Dennis O'Kelly owned Eclipse, one of these, & won a bet that Eclipse would beat the field by 240 yards a racehorse |
#6493, aired 2012-12-05 | 18th CENTURY PEOPLE $800: Robert Walpole, in power from 1721 to 1742, is regarded as the first of these British heads of government prime minister |
#6493, aired 2012-12-05 | 18th CENTURY PEOPLE $1200: She disliked living in New York City; living in Philadelphia from 1790 to 1797 suited her a bit better Martha Washington |
#6493, aired 2012-12-05 | 18th CENTURY PEOPLE $1600: This Russian's achievements included the founding of cities Peter the Great |
#6493, aired 2012-12-05 | 18th CENTURY PEOPLE $2000: In 1781 he "critique"d Leibniz' idea that the mind can grasp truths about entities like God Immanuel Kant |
#6019, aired 2010-11-11 | NAMED FOR PEOPLE $400: Ironically, this 18th century device bears the name of a French doctor who opposed the death penalty the guillotine |
#5645, aired 2009-03-06 | THE ART OF WORK $800: The 18th-century work seen here is partly titled these people "Hard at Work" blacksmiths |
#5019, aired 2006-06-08 | PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS WE KNOW $1600: 18th century English writer Samuel & a motel-chain founder both had this last name Johnson |
#4053, aired 2002-03-27 | HISTORIC PEOPLE $1600: 18th century garden designer Capability Brown originally had this first name, like Guinevere's lover Lancelot |
#3726, aired 2000-11-13 | "H"ISTORIC PEOPLE $400: In the 18th century B.C., this ruler's code governed Babylon Hammurabi |
#3236, aired 1998-10-05 | THE 18th CENTURY $200: After "hounding" Iran's borders, these people from a country to the east took over in 1722 Afghans |
#2902, aired 1997-03-25 | HISTORIC PEOPLE $800: In the first decade of the 18th century, this Russian czar taxed beehives, coffins & beards Peter the Great |
#2048, aired 1993-06-30 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $200: Lightning struck when this 18th century inventor met Deborah Read & their common law marriage lasted 44 years Ben Franklin |
#1633, aired 1991-10-09 | FURNITURE $800: A fumeur is an 18th century chair made specially for people who did this smoking |
#797, aired 1988-02-09 | MEDICINE $400: By one estimate, 60 million people died in the 18th century of this disease, now eliminated thru vaccination smallpox |