History Events — Hard, Set 2
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1.In what year did the Battle of Blenheim take place?
- A. 1618
- B. 1915
- C. 1704
- D. 1791
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1704
Did you know? Battle of Blenheim took place in 1704.
2.In which city did the founding of the Umayyad Caliphate take place?
- A. Weymouth
- B. Mainz
- C. Brussels
- D. Damascus
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Damascus
Did you know? Founding of the Umayyad Caliphate took place in Damascus.
3.In which country did the Battle of Grunwald take place?
- A. Netherlands
- B. Poland
- C. France
- D. Canada
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Poland
Did you know? Battle of Grunwald took place in Poland.
4.Which historical event took place in 1642?
- A. Siege of Orléans
- B. Hungarian Revolution
- C. Completion of the Eiffel Tower
- D. Start of the English Civil War
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Start of the English Civil War
Did you know? 1642: the start of the English Civil War took place.
5.In which country did the Battles of Saratoga, the turning point of the American Revolution take place?
- A. United States
- B. Japan
- C. Belgium
- D. Netherlands
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United States
Did you know? Battles of Saratoga took place in United States.
6.In what year did the Act of Union joining England and Scotland take place?
- A. 1840
- B. 1707
- C. 1848
- D. 843
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1707
Did you know? Act of Union of 1707 took place in 1707.
7.In which city did the assassination of Tsar Alexander II take place?
- A. Beijing
- B. Boston
- C. Sarajevo
- D. Saint Petersburg
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Saint Petersburg
Did you know? Assassination of Alexander II took place in Saint Petersburg.
8.In what year did the Act of Union creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland take place?
- A. 1997
- B. 1959
- C. 1801
- D. 2019
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1801
Did you know? Act of Union of 1801 took place in 1801.
9.In which country did the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public steam railway take place?
- A. England
- B. Ukraine
- C. South Africa
- D. Netherlands
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England
Did you know? First public steam railway took place in England.
10.In what year did the signing of the Treaty of Verdun take place?
- A. 1896
- B. 1819
- C. 2010
- D. 843
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843
Did you know? Treaty of Verdun took place in 843.
11.In what year did the English capture of New Amsterdam take place?
- A. 2021
- B. 1992
- C. 1455
- D. 1664
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1664
Did you know? English capture of New Amsterdam took place in 1664.
12.In which city did the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin take place?
- A. Dublin
- B. Tehran
- C. Luxor
- D. Boston
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Boston
Did you know? Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin took place in Boston.
13.Which historical event took place in 1843?
- A. Publication of Ada Lovelace's notes
- B. Cuban Missile Crisis
- C. Beginning of the Roman Empire
- D. Founding of Quebec
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Publication of Ada Lovelace's notes
Did you know? 1843: the publication of Ada Lovelace's notes on the Analytical Engine took place.
14.In which country did the start of the English Civil War take place?
- A. England
- B. China
- C. Argentina
- D. Cuba
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England
Did you know? Start of the English Civil War took place in England.
15.In which country did Scipio's defeat of Hannibal at the Battle of Zama take place?
- A. Peru
- B. Tunisia
- C. South Korea
- D. United States
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Tunisia
Did you know? Battle of Zama took place in Tunisia.
16.Which historical event took place in 612 BC?
- A. Fall of Nineveh
- B. First telegraph message
- C. October Revolution
- D. Assassination of Julius Caesar
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Fall of Nineveh
Did you know? 612 BC: the fall of Nineveh to the Babylonians took place.
17.In what year did Cyrus the Great's conquest of Babylon take place?
- A. 1815
- B. 1837
- C. 793
- D. 539 BC
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539 BC
Did you know? Conquest of Babylon by Cyrus the Great took place in 539 BC.
18.In what year did the fall of Robespierre take place?
- A. 1582
- B. 2007
- C. 1842
- D. 1794
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1794
Did you know? Fall of Robespierre took place in 1794.
19.Which historical event took place in 1965?
- A. Battle of Waterloo
- B. First public cinema screening
- C. Independence of Singapore
- D. Lisbon earthquake
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Independence of Singapore
Did you know? 1965: the independence of Singapore took place.
20.Which historical event took place in 1707?
- A. Gregorian calendar reform
- B. Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight
- C. Act of Union of 1707
- D. Founding of modern Singapore
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Act of Union of 1707
Did you know? 1707: the Act of Union joining England and Scotland took place.
21.In which city did the Act of Union creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland take place?
- A. Medina
- B. Paris
- C. Havana
- D. Dublin
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Dublin
Did you know? Act of Union of 1801 took place in Dublin.
22.In which country did the Battle of Ayacucho ending Spanish rule in South America take place?
- A. Spain
- B. Peru
- C. South Africa
- D. Cuba
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Peru
Did you know? Battle of Ayacucho took place in Peru.
23.Which historical event took place in 1742?
- A. Peace of Westphalia
- B. Start of Magellan's expedition
- C. First Space Shuttle launch
- D. First performance of Messiah
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First performance of Messiah
Did you know? 1742: the first performance of Handel's Messiah took place.
24.In which city did Pizarro's capture of the Inca emperor Atahualpa take place?
- A. Vienna
- B. Kitty Hawk
- C. Tehran
- D. Cajamarca
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Cajamarca
Did you know? Capture of Atahualpa took place in Cajamarca.
25.In what year did Scipio's defeat of Hannibal at the Battle of Zama take place?
- A. 632
- B. 202 BC
- C. 1837
- D. 1937
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202 BC
Did you know? Battle of Zama took place in 202 BC.
26.In which country did the Battle of Blenheim take place?
- A. China
- B. France
- C. South Africa
- D. Germany
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Germany
Did you know? Battle of Blenheim took place in Germany.
27.In what year did the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War take place?
- A. 1521
- B. 1861
- C. 1648
- D. 1938
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1648
Did you know? Peace of Westphalia took place in 1648.
28.In which city did the fall of Robespierre take place?
- A. Dublin
- B. Tehran
- C. Olympia
- D. Paris
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Paris
Did you know? Fall of Robespierre took place in Paris.
29.Which modern country was founded by Stamford Raffles in 1819?
- A. Brunei
- B. Indonesia
- C. Malaysia
- D. Singapore
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Singapore
Did you know? Modern Singapore was founded by Stamford Raffles in 1819.
30.In what year did the Treaty of Paris ending the Crimean War take place?
- A. 1291
- B. 1856
- C. 1984
- D. 1837
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1856
Did you know? Treaty of Paris of 1856 took place in 1856.
31.Which historical event took place in 1852?
- A. Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
- B. Discovery of Lucy
- C. Legendary founding of Rome
- D. Discovery of Neptune
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Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Did you know? 1852: the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin took place.
32.In which city did the founding of the Dutch East India Company take place?
- A. Compiègne
- B. Amsterdam
- C. Medina
- D. Boston
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Amsterdam
Did you know? Founding of the Dutch East India Company took place in Amsterdam.
33.In what year did the first performance of Handel's Messiah take place?
- A. 1703
- B. 1962
- C. 2011
- D. 1742
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1742
Did you know? First performance of Messiah took place in 1742.
34.In what year did the start of the English Civil War take place?
- A. 1942
- B. 1642
- C. 1777
- D. 1992
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1642
Did you know? Start of the English Civil War took place in 1642.
35.Which historical event took place in 202 BC?
- A. Publication of On the Origin of Species
- B. Death of Osama bin Laden
- C. Discovery of penicillin
- D. Battle of Zama
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Battle of Zama
Did you know? 202 BC: Scipio's defeat of Hannibal at the Battle of Zama took place.
36.In which country did the Great Plague of London take place?
- A. Soviet Union
- B. Mongolia
- C. Greece
- D. England
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England
Did you know? Great Plague of London took place in England.
37.In which city did the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War take place?
- A. Münster
- B. Tel Aviv
- C. Nuremberg
- D. Memphis
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Münster
Did you know? Peace of Westphalia took place in Münster.
38.In which city did the publication of Ada Lovelace's notes on the Analytical Engine take place?
- A. London
- B. Tel Aviv
- C. Hong Kong
- D. Constantinople
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London
Did you know? Publication of Ada Lovelace's notes took place in London.
39.In what year did Garibaldi's Expedition of the Thousand take place?
- A. 1953
- B. 1928
- C. 1860
- D. 1200 BC
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1860
Did you know? Expedition of the Thousand took place in 1860.
40.Which historical event took place in 1701?
- A. Sack of Rome by the Visigoths
- B. Founding of the Kingdom of Prussia
- C. Printing of the Gutenberg Bible
- D. Cook's landing at Botany Bay
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Founding of the Kingdom of Prussia
Did you know? 1701: the founding of the Kingdom of Prussia took place.
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