the event has to be one that occurred within 24 hours, for example, a battle instead of a war... an 18th century event would be more appropriate... any help would be greatly appreciated
2006-09-28 04:21:52 · 6 answers · asked by aero 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The tragic loss of Jefferson Davis, former president of the Confederacy.
2006-09-28 04:28:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
When you say 18th Century you mean 1700-1799, which includes the American Revolution. I'd say the Battle of Concord, if you want a short battle.
When you say early 19th Century, I tend to think of the French Revolution and I'd say the Storming of the Bastille with one little known history fact about that incident... The Marques de Sade was prisoner there and was scheduled to be executed the next day. The mob let him lose and his name became a noun in our language.
The Storming was important. It marked the beginning of the long slide of the various nobility which eliminated their class at the conclusion of WWI.
2006-09-28 04:37:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
From a U.S. history perspective I'd say Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown. The Dec of Independence was important, but at Yorktown the Americans "backed it up."
The ratification of the Constitution took years, so I guess it doesn't count.
From a European point of view, I'd say the Beheading of Louis XvI of France. The common people put a monarch to death. Might have been a first. In England, their royal beheadings were often done by the aristocracy not the commoners.
All this happened between 1776 and 1791.
Napoleon at Waterloo\ (1815) wasn't that important. He was already defeated by the retreat from Russia, which was not an "event" as you defined it. Waterloo was just an encore performance.
2006-09-28 04:30:31 · answer #3 · answered by Squid Vicious 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well the 18th century was in the 1700's, so for the US it was the July 4, 1776.
2006-09-28 04:30:16 · answer #4 · answered by sdarp1322 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 11:18:38 · answer #5 · answered by cosco 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
French Revolution -- the Fall of the Bastille.
2006-09-28 04:30:03 · answer #6 · answered by Iain 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋