History Events — Medium, Set 4
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1.In what year did the Hindenburg disaster take place?
- A. 1633
- B. 221 BC
- C. 1937
- D. 1986
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1937
Did you know? Hindenburg disaster took place in 1937.
2.In what year did the Gunpowder Plot to blow up the English Parliament take place?
- A. 1833
- B. 1543
- C. 1605
- D. 1533
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1605
Did you know? Gunpowder Plot took place in 1605.
3.In what year did the battles of Lexington and Concord take place?
- A. 1775
- B. 1937
- C. 1819
- D. 2011
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1775
Did you know? Battles of Lexington and Concord took place in 1775.
4.Which historical event took place in 661?
- A. First public steam railway
- B. Founding of the Kingdom of Prussia
- C. Siege of Orléans
- D. Founding of the Umayyad Caliphate
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Founding of the Umayyad Caliphate
Did you know? 661: the founding of the Umayyad Caliphate took place.
5.In what year did the completion of the Hagia Sophia take place?
- A. 1837
- B. 537
- C. 1861
- D. 1781
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537
Did you know? Completion of the Hagia Sophia took place in 537.
6.In what year did John Cabot's voyage to North America take place?
- A. 1215
- B. 1497
- C. 1808
- D. 1789
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1497
Did you know? John Cabot's voyage to North America took place in 1497.
7.In which country did the founding of Jamestown take place?
- A. Hungary
- B. United States
- C. United Kingdom
- D. Switzerland
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United States
Did you know? Founding of Jamestown took place in United States.
8.In what year did the return of the Lewis and Clark expedition take place?
- A. 73 BC
- B. 2003
- C. 1605
- D. 1806
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1806
Did you know? Lewis and Clark expedition took place in 1806.
9.Which historical event took place in 313?
- A. Start of the American Civil War
- B. Edict of Milan
- C. Bhopal disaster
- D. Dias's rounding of the Cape
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Edict of Milan
Did you know? 313: the Edict of Milan granting religious tolerance to Christians took place.
10.Which historical event took place in 1258?
- A. Civil Rights Act of 1964
- B. Sack of Baghdad
- C. Discovery of the Rosetta Stone
- D. Maastricht Treaty
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Sack of Baghdad
Did you know? 1258: the sack of Baghdad by the Mongols took place.
11.In which city did the first ancient Olympic Games take place?
- A. New York
- B. Rio de Janeiro
- C. Compiègne
- D. Olympia
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Olympia
Did you know? First ancient Olympic Games took place in Olympia.
12.In what year did the Battle of Vienna ending the Ottoman siege take place?
- A. 1206
- B. 1099
- C. 1895
- D. 1683
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1683
Did you know? Battle of Vienna took place in 1683.
13.In what year did the military coup in Chile take place?
- A. 1973
- B. 490 BC
- C. 1930
- D. 1821
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1973
Did you know? Chilean coup d'état took place in 1973.
14.In which city did Newton's publication of the Principia Mathematica take place?
- A. London
- B. New York
- C. Nanjing
- D. Kitty Hawk
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London
Did you know? Publication of Newton's Principia took place in London.
15.Which historical event took place in 431 BC?
- A. Launch of the James Webb Telescope
- B. Cabral's landing in Brazil
- C. Start of the Peloponnesian War
- D. Founding of New Orleans
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Start of the Peloponnesian War
Did you know? 431 BC: the start of the Peloponnesian War took place.
16.Which historical event took place in 73 BC?
- A. Legendary founding of Rome
- B. Founding of Constantinople
- C. Discovery of Pluto
- D. Spartacus slave revolt
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Spartacus slave revolt
Did you know? 73 BC: the outbreak of the Spartacus slave revolt took place.
17.In which city did the Act of Supremacy making Henry VIII head of the Church of England take place?
- A. Boston
- B. Beijing
- C. London
- D. São Paulo
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London
Did you know? Act of Supremacy took place in London.
18.In what year did the execution of Charles I take place?
- A. 1649
- B. 1982
- C. 1837
- D. 1348
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1649
Did you know? Execution of Charles I took place in 1649.
19.In what year did the accession of Elizabeth I to the English throne take place?
- A. 1996
- B. 1558
- C. 2008
- D. 1204
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1558
Did you know? Accession of Elizabeth I took place in 1558.
20.In what year did the Edict of Nantes granting rights to French Protestants take place?
- A. 27 BC
- B. 2001
- C. 1598
- D. 1455
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1598
Did you know? Edict of Nantes took place in 1598.
21.In what year did Einstein's publication of the theory of special relativity take place?
- A. 1905
- B. 1979
- C. 1815
- D. 1666
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1905
Did you know? Publication of special relativity took place in 1905.
22.Which historical event took place in 1605?
- A. Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
- B. Moorish conquest of Spain
- C. Gunpowder Plot
- D. Notre-Dame fire
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Gunpowder Plot
Did you know? 1605: the Gunpowder Plot to blow up the English Parliament took place.
23.Which historical event took place in 1775?
- A. Battle of Marathon
- B. Publication of special relativity
- C. First gasoline automobile
- D. Battles of Lexington and Concord
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
Did you know? 1775: the battles of Lexington and Concord took place.
24.Which historical event took place in 1099?
- A. First ascent of Mount Everest
- B. Capture of Jerusalem by the First Crusade
- C. Treaty of Nanking
- D. Launch of Sputnik 1
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Capture of Jerusalem by the First Crusade
Did you know? 1099: the First Crusade's capture of the Holy City took place.
25.In which country did Peter the Great's founding of Saint Petersburg take place?
- A. Russia
- B. Soviet Union
- C. Singapore
- D. Spain
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Russia
Did you know? Founding of Saint Petersburg took place in Russia.
26.In which country did the outbreak of the Crimean War take place?
- A. Pakistan
- B. Turkey
- C. Great Britain
- D. Italy
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Turkey
Did you know? Start of the Crimean War took place in Turkey.
27.Which historical event took place in 1984?
- A. Storming of the Bastille
- B. First IVF birth
- C. First Impressionist exhibition
- D. Bhopal disaster
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Bhopal disaster
Did you know? 1984: the Bhopal gas disaster took place.
28.In what year did the founding of NASA take place?
- A. 1958
- B. 1755
- C. 1812
- D. 586 BC
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1958
Did you know? Founding of NASA took place in 1958.
29.In which city did the introduction of the Gregorian calendar take place?
- A. Amsterdam
- B. Stockholm
- C. Memphis
- D. Rome
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Rome
Did you know? Gregorian calendar reform took place in Rome.
30.In which country did Edward Jenner's first smallpox vaccination take place?
- A. Australia
- B. England
- C. Argentina
- D. the Bahamas
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England
Did you know? First smallpox vaccination took place in England.
31.In what year did the Belgian Declaration of Independence take place?
- A. 1879
- B. 1783
- C. 27 BC
- D. 1830
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1830
Did you know? Belgian independence took place in 1830.
32.In which country did the Hungarian Revolution take place?
- A. Great Britain
- B. Greece
- C. Soviet Union
- D. Hungary
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Hungary
Did you know? Hungarian Revolution took place in Hungary.
33.In what year did the signing of the First Geneva Convention take place?
- A. 753 BC
- B. 1776
- C. 1864
- D. 1429
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1864
Did you know? First Geneva Convention took place in 1864.
34.Which historical event took place in 1687?
- A. Start of the Viking Age
- B. Council of Clermont
- C. Treaty of Alliance of 1778
- D. Publication of Newton's Principia
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Publication of Newton's Principia
Did you know? 1687: Newton's publication of the Principia Mathematica took place.
35.Which historical event took place in 1532?
- A. Capture of Atahualpa
- B. Act of Union of 1801
- C. Battle of Vienna
- D. First Opium War
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Capture of Atahualpa
Did you know? 1532: Pizarro's capture of the Inca emperor Atahualpa took place.
36.In what year did the first Impressionist exhibition in Paris take place?
- A. 1957
- B. 537
- C. 1822
- D. 1874
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1874
Did you know? First Impressionist exhibition took place in 1874.
37.In which country did the Boxer Rebellion take place?
- A. Belgium
- B. Austria
- C. the Bahamas
- D. China
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China
Did you know? Boxer Rebellion took place in China.
38.In what year did Alexander the Great's founding of Alexandria take place?
- A. 1901
- B. 331 BC
- C. 1941
- D. 1558
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331 BC
Did you know? Founding of Alexandria took place in 331 BC.
39.In which city did the first telegraph message sent by Samuel Morse take place?
- A. Santiago
- B. Washington, D.C.
- C. Geneva
- D. Stockholm
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Washington, D.C.
Did you know? First telegraph message took place in Washington, D.C..
40.In which country did the conquest of the Inca Empire by Pizarro take place?
- A. Canada
- B. England
- C. Peru
- D. Netherlands
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Peru
Did you know? Conquest of the Inca Empire took place in Peru.
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