History Events — Medium, Set 3
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1.In what year did the founding of modern Singapore by Stamford Raffles take place?
- A. 1804
- B. 1703
- C. 1644
- D. 1819
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1819
Did you know? Founding of modern Singapore took place in 1819.
2.In which city did the Argentine Declaration of Independence take place?
- A. Tel Aviv
- B. Geneva
- C. Münster
- D. San Miguel de Tucumán
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San Miguel de Tucumán
Did you know? Argentine Declaration of Independence took place in San Miguel de Tucumán.
3.Which historical event took place in 1793?
- A. Fall of the Western Roman Empire
- B. First public steam railway
- C. Execution of Louis XVI
- D. Discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb
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Execution of Louis XVI
Did you know? 1793: the execution of Louis XVI took place.
4.Which historical event took place in 1874?
- A. "I Have a Dream" speech
- B. First Impressionist exhibition
- C. Introduction of the euro
- D. Launch of the James Webb Telescope
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First Impressionist exhibition
Did you know? 1874: the first Impressionist exhibition in Paris took place.
5.In what year did the signing of the Treaty of Paris ending the Seven Years' War take place?
- A. 1857
- B. 1763
- C. 1519
- D. 1500
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1763
Did you know? Treaty of Paris of 1763 took place in 1763.
6.Which historical event took place in 1227?
- A. Battle of the Boyne
- B. Death of Genghis Khan
- C. Columbus's first landfall
- D. Siege of Yorktown
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Death of Genghis Khan
Did you know? 1227: the death of Genghis Khan took place.
7.Which historical event took place in 1810?
- A. May Revolution
- B. Battle of the Boyne
- C. First manned balloon flight
- D. Start of the Peloponnesian War
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May Revolution
Did you know? 1810: the May Revolution in Buenos Aires took place.
8.Which historical event took place in 1754 BC?
- A. Founding of modern Singapore
- B. Code of Hammurabi
- C. Act of Union of 1707
- D. Hungarian Revolution
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Code of Hammurabi
Did you know? 1754 BC: the issuing of the Code of Hammurabi took place.
9.In what year did the First Crusade's capture of the Holy City take place?
- A. 1558
- B. 1928
- C. 1099
- D. 1843
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1099
Did you know? Capture of Jerusalem by the First Crusade took place in 1099.
10.In what year did Bartolomeu Dias's rounding of the Cape of Good Hope take place?
- A. 1488
- B. 1886
- C. 1927
- D. 1928
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1488
Did you know? Dias's rounding of the Cape took place in 1488.
11.Which historical event took place in 1853?
- A. Founding of the Mongol Empire
- B. Battle of Bosworth Field
- C. Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
- D. Start of the Crimean War
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Start of the Crimean War
Did you know? 1853: the outbreak of the Crimean War took place.
12.In which city did the Belgian Declaration of Independence take place?
- A. Weymouth
- B. São Paulo
- C. Brussels
- D. Medina
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Brussels
Did you know? Belgian independence took place in Brussels.
13.In which region did the start of the Arab Spring take place?
- A. East Asia
- B. North Africa
- C. Western Europe
- D. South America
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North Africa
Did you know? Start of the Arab Spring took place in North Africa.
14.In what year did Benz's completion of the first gasoline automobile take place?
- A. 1903
- B. 1825
- C. 1885
- D. 1763
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1885
Did you know? First gasoline automobile took place in 1885.
15.Which historical event took place in 1845?
- A. Apollo 11 Moon landing
- B. Start of the Great Famine
- C. Gregorian calendar reform
- D. Battle of Ayacucho
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Start of the Great Famine
Did you know? 1845: the Great Famine caused by the potato blight took place.
16.Which historical event took place in 1519?
- A. Start of Magellan's expedition
- B. Start of the Hundred Years' War
- C. Viking 1 Mars landing
- D. Edict of Nantes
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Start of Magellan's expedition
Did you know? 1519: the departure of Magellan's expedition from Seville took place.
17.In which country did the Battle of Vienna ending the Ottoman siege take place?
- A. Scotland
- B. Hungary
- C. Mexico
- D. Austria
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Austria
Did you know? Battle of Vienna took place in Austria.
18.In what year did the Viking 1 landing on Mars take place?
- A. 1806
- B. 331 BC
- C. 1976
- D. 1754 BC
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1976
Did you know? Viking 1 Mars landing took place in 1976.
19.In what year did the discovery of the fossil "Lucy" take place?
- A. 1808
- B. 537
- C. 1986
- D. 1974
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1974
Did you know? Discovery of Lucy took place in 1974.
20.In which city did the death of Isaac Newton take place?
- A. New York
- B. Athens
- C. Menlo Park
- D. London
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London
Did you know? Death of Isaac Newton took place in London.
21.Which historical event took place in 1972?
- A. Great Schism of 1054
- B. Nixon's visit to China
- C. Gunpowder Plot
- D. Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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Nixon's visit to China
Did you know? 1972: Nixon's historic visit to China took place.
22.In which city did the founding of the Ming dynasty take place?
- A. Washington, D.C.
- B. Nanjing
- C. Olympia
- D. Porto Seguro
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Nanjing
Did you know? Founding of the Ming dynasty took place in Nanjing.
23.Which historical event took place in 793?
- A. Founding of the Dutch East India Company
- B. Start of the Viking Age
- C. Great Fire of London
- D. Battle of Tours
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Start of the Viking Age
Did you know? 793: the Lindisfarne raid, the start of the Viking Age took place.
24.In which country did the first Impressionist exhibition in Paris take place?
- A. Great Britain
- B. France
- C. Nepal
- D. Greece
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France
Did you know? First Impressionist exhibition took place in France.
25.In what year did the Act of Supremacy making Henry VIII head of the Church of England take place?
- A. 1534
- B. 843
- C. 1840
- D. 1754 BC
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1534
Did you know? Act of Supremacy took place in 1534.
26.Which historical event took place in 1846?
- A. First performance of Messiah
- B. Discovery of Neptune
- C. Gregorian calendar reform
- D. Notre-Dame fire
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Discovery of Neptune
Did you know? 1846: the discovery of the planet Neptune took place.
27.In what year did the May Revolution in Buenos Aires take place?
- A. 1787
- B. 1839
- C. 1810
- D. 1757
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1810
Did you know? May Revolution took place in 1810.
28.In what year did the issuing of the Code of Hammurabi take place?
- A. 1690
- B. 1754 BC
- C. 1770
- D. 331 BC
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1754 BC
Did you know? Code of Hammurabi took place in 1754 BC.
29.Which historical event took place in 1825?
- A. First public steam railway
- B. Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight
- C. Partition of India
- D. Battle of Bosworth Field
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First public steam railway
Did you know? 1825: the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public steam railway took place.
30.Which historical event took place in 1906?
- A. Lewis and Clark expedition
- B. San Francisco earthquake
- C. Munich Agreement
- D. Dissolution of the Soviet Union
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San Francisco earthquake
Did you know? 1906: the great San Francisco earthquake took place.
31.In what year did the founding of the League of Nations take place?
- A. 1931
- B. 1776
- C. 1920
- D. 1824
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1920
Did you know? Founding of the League of Nations took place in 1920.
32.In which city did the Black Death reaching the English coast take place?
- A. Prague
- B. Mannheim
- C. Königsberg
- D. Weymouth
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Weymouth
Did you know? Black Death in England took place in Weymouth.
33.Which historical event took place in 1956?
- A. Hungarian Revolution
- B. Battle of Ayacucho
- C. First Geneva Convention
- D. Start of the Crimean War
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Hungarian Revolution
Did you know? 1956: the Hungarian Revolution took place.
34.In what year did Newton's publication of the Principia Mathematica take place?
- A. 1787
- B. 331 BC
- C. 1843
- D. 1687
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1687
Did you know? Publication of Newton's Principia took place in 1687.
35.Which historical event took place in 2019?
- A. October Revolution
- B. Partition of India
- C. Lisbon earthquake
- D. Notre-Dame fire
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Notre-Dame fire
Did you know? 2019: the fire at Notre-Dame cathedral took place.
36.Which historical event took place in 1644?
- A. Fall of the Ming dynasty
- B. Berlin Conference
- C. Handover of Hong Kong
- D. Trial and death of Socrates
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Fall of the Ming dynasty
Did you know? 1644: the fall of the Ming dynasty to the Qing took place.
37.In what year did the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope take place?
- A. 1258
- B. 2011
- C. 2021
- D. 1649
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2021
Did you know? Launch of the James Webb Telescope took place in 2021.
38.Which historical event took place in 1976?
- A. Invention of the telephone
- B. Viking 1 Mars landing
- C. Fall of Robespierre
- D. October Revolution
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Viking 1 Mars landing
Did you know? 1976: the Viking 1 landing on Mars took place.
39.In what year did the first successful demonstration of the incandescent light bulb take place?
- A. 1917
- B. 1368
- C. 1879
- D. 1718
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1879
Did you know? First practical light bulb demonstration took place in 1879.
40.Which historical event took place in 331 BC?
- A. Capture of Jerusalem by the First Crusade
- B. Hijra
- C. Invention of the telephone
- D. Founding of Alexandria
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Founding of Alexandria
Did you know? 331 BC: Alexander the Great's founding of Alexandria took place.
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