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50 Important Dates in European History - Click Quiz

Select the correct dates for these seminal events in European history.
For multi-day events, only the first day is identified.
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Death of Princess Diana
Earliest known edition of a Gutenberg Bible via printing press
VE Day – end of World War II in Europe
Fall of Berlin Wall
Introduction of the Euro
Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years’ War
Prague Spring begins in Czechoslovakia
The Great Fire of London starts
First modern Olympic Games
Romans victorious at the Battle of Corinth and conquer Greece
Peace of Westphalia ends Thirty Years' War
Maastricht Treaty signed to create European Union
Battle of the Somme (World War I)
Operation Overlord landings (D-Day) in World War II
Death of Alexander the Great
First recorded ancient Olympic Games
Constantine issues Edict of Milan to end persecution of Christians
Sputnik launched by the USSR
First Crusade begins
Julius Caesar assassinated
England defeats France at the Battle of Agincourt
NATO formed
Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire
Greeks defeat Persians at the Battle of Marathon
Black Death arrives in Sicily via Genoese ships from the Black Sea
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
WWII begins as Germany invades Poland
Coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor
Normans defeat English at Battle of Hastings
Sinking of the Titanic
Spanish Civil War begins
Treaty of Versailles ends World War I
Einstein publishes Theory of Special Relativity
British fleet under Lord Nelson defeats French & Spanish at Battle of Trafalgar
Mount Vesuvius erupts
Second Vatican Council begins, with goal to reform the Roman Catholic Church
Assassination of Tsar Nicholas II and the Romanov Family
Great Schism between Roman and Orthodox Churches
Columbus' first voyage to New World
Battle of the Bulge (World War II)
English Defeat of Spanish Armada
Storming of the Bastille – French Revolution
King John seals Magna Carta
Russian Revolution begins
Watson & Crick publish article on DNA double helix structure
Russia invades Ukraine
Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon on his way to Rome
Marx & Engel publish Communist Manifesto
Martin Luther starts Protestant Reformation
French lose the Battle of Waterloo, ending the Napoleonic Wars
776 BC ??? ??
490 BC Sep 12
323 BC Jun 10
146 BC ??? ??
49 BC Jan 10
44 BC Mar 15
79 Aug 24
313 Feb ??
768 Oct 09
1054 Jul 16
1066 Oct 14
1096 Aug 15
1215 Jun 15
1347 Oct ??
1456 Aug 15
1415 Oct 25
1453 May 29
1492 Aug 03
1517 Oct 31
1588 Aug 08
1648 Oct 24
1666 Sep 04
1763 Feb 10
1789 Jul 14
1805 Oct 21
1815 Jun 18
1848 Feb 21
1896 Apr 06
1905 Sep 26
1912 Apr 14
1914 Jun 28
1916 Jul 01
1917 Mar 08
1918 Jul 17
1918 Nov 11
1936 Jul 17
1939 Sep 01
1944 Jun 6
1944 Dec 16
1945 May 08
1949 Apr 04
1953 Apr 25
1957 Oct 04
1962 Oct 11
1968 Jan 05
1989 Nov 09
1992 Feb 07
1997 Aug 31
1999 Jan 01
2022 Feb 24
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1 Comments
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Level 94
Feb 2, 2026
It was very challenging to find events/dates that were memorable/significant and which also provide a good cross-section of European history. I am open to suggestions of dates to add or remove.