British History by Month: January - Statistics

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Date	Year	Clue	Answer	% Correct
1st	1818	This book, the world's first science fiction novel, written by Mary Shelley, was published	Frankenstein	83%
6th	1540	Henry VIII married this woman but, convinced she was a 'Flanders Mare', never consummated the marriage	Anne of Cleves	78%
24th	1976	Margaret Thatcher assumed this iconic nickname for the first time, after its publication in a Soviet newspaper	The Iron Lady	78%
30th	1649	This monarch is executed at the Palace of Whitehall	Charles I	74%
14th	1742	This astronomer, who gave his name to a comet, died	Edmund Halley	70%
25th	1759	This iconic poet was born in Alloway, Scotland	Robert Burns	70%
29th	1856	This British military medal was instituted for the first time, originally made from metal from cannons captured at Sevastopol	The Victoria Cross	65%
20th	1265	This assembly of representatives met for the first time at Westminster	Parliament	61%
3rd	1942	This actor, known for his role in Inspector Morse and The Sweeney, was born in Manchester	John Thaw	57%
18th	1486	These two Royal Houses were united, ending the War of the Roses and beginning the Tudor dynasty	Lancaster and York	57%
21st	1799	Edward Jenner introduced the first modern vaccine, providing protection against this disease	Smallpox	57%
15th	1870	Elizabeth Anderson became the first woman in Britain to assume this career on this date	Become a Doctor	52%
27th	1995	Eric Cantona, a footballer for Manchester United, was banned and fined £20,000 for doing this to a fan	Kung Fu Kick	52%
12th	2001	This manager became the first foreign manager of the England National Football team	Sven-Goran Eriksson	52%
28th	1829	William Burke was publicly hanged in Edinburgh for committing this crime, alongside his accomplice, William Hare	Body Snatching	48%
4th	2014	Richard Parks, a former Welsh rugby player, claimed a record by reaching this geographical landmark solo and in record time, covering 715 miles in 19 hours	The South Pole	48%
10th	1863	The first section of this public transport system was opened by William Gladstone	London Underground	43%
8th	1989	47 people were killed when a passenger jet crashed between the M1 and A453, when attempting to land at this UK airport	East Midlands Airport	39%
26th	1885	General Charles Gordon is killed after a 10 month siege of this modern African Capital	Khartoum	39%
5th	1066	This King, the penultimate Saxon King of England, died childless, sparking a succession crisis and multiple invasions of the country	Edward the Confessor	35%
13th	2004	This notorious British serial killer, with at least 200 victims, was found dead in his cell after hanging himself	Harold Shipman	35%
16th	1707	This incredibly important act of British history was passed	The Act of Union	35%
11th	1569	The first of this type of gambling competition is held in Britain	State Lottery	30%
2nd	1727	This general, whose efforts were pivotal to British victory in Canada during the Seven Years War, was born	James Wolfe	13%
31st	1858	This ship, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and John Scott Russell, is launched at Millwall, becoming the largest ship on Earth at the time	The SS Great Eastern	13%
7th	1927	A telephone service began between London and New York, costing this amount for a 3-minute call	£15	4%
22nd	1879	British forces suffered this reputation damaging defeat in South Africa	Isandlwana	4%
19th	1915	German Zeppelins bombed Britain for the first time, killing 20 in these two English towns (name one)	Great Yarmouth\| King's Lynn	0%
9th	1735	This admiral, best known for his victory at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, was born	John Jervis	0%
23rd	1713	The Treaty of Utrecht was signed, ending the War of Spanish Succession and seeding this Mediterranean territory to Britain, alongside Gibraltar	Minorca	0%
17th	1896	This company became the first registered car manufacturer in Britain	The Daimler Company	0%

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