| Year | Description | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1558 | This "Virgin Queen" is crowned in England | Elizabeth I | 95%
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| 1588 | This country launches a doomed armada against England | Spain | 95%
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| 1547 | This "terrible" leader becomes Tsar of all the Russias | Ivan the Terrible | 93%
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| 1564 | This dramatist is born in Stratford-upon-Avon | William Shakespeare | 93%
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| 1508–1512 | This artist paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel | Michelangelo | 91%
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| 1520 | Hernán Cortés conquers this Native American empire | Aztec Empire | 87%
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| 1517 | This monk nails "Ninety-Five Theses" to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany | Martin Luther | 87%
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| 1562–98 | Catholics and Huguenots fight several religious wars in this country | France | 86%
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| 1500 | Pedro Álvares Cabral claims this country for Portugal | Brazil | 82%
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| 1582 | This modern calendar replaces the Julian calendar | Gregorian Calendar | 82%
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| 1501– | Ismail I reunites this country and makes Shia the official state religion | Iran | 80%
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| late 1500s | Sir Walter Raleigh popularizes this New World product | Tobacco | 72%
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| 1557 | Portugal establishes this trading colony in China | Macau | 71%
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| 1506 | Construction begins on this massive Roman basilica | St. Peter's | 70%
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| 1543 | This scientist publishes his theory that the Earth revolves around the sun | Nicolaus Copernicus | 68%
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| 1519 | This explorer launches the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe (although he would die on the way) | Ferdinand Magellan | 66%
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| 1519 | Charles V becomes leader of this Germanic empire | Holy Roman Empire | 65%
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| 1580 | This English sea captain circumnavigates the globe | Francis Drake | 62%
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| 1513 | This Florentine diplomat writes his political treatise, "The Prince" | Niccolò Machiavelli | 61%
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| 1517 | Ottoman sultan Selim I claims this title, asserting leadership over the entirety of the Muslim world | Caliph | 40%
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