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19th Century European History - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 101 times
- The average score is 42 of 100
Answer Stats
| Year | Event | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1803 | The colonial authorities of this European empire surrender to Haitian forces, and one year later, Haiti would gain independence. | France | 94%
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| 1809 | Russia annexes this European country following a war with Sweden. | Finland | 90%
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| 1802 | This musician publishes Piano Sonata No.14. | Ludwig van Beethoven | 83%
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| 1813 | This British author gets her novel 'Pride and Prejudice' published. | Jane Austen | 79%
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| 1804 | Francis II assumes the title of emperor of this major European power. | Austria | 74%
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| 1814 | Napoleon is exiled to this island off the coast of modern-day Tuscany. | Elba | 74%
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| 1853 | This empire declares war on the Russian Empire, beginning the Crimean War. | Ottoman Empire | 74%
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| 1848 | A series of r__________ take place throughout Europe, primarily for the establishment of more liberal governments. | Revolutions | 73%
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| 1831 | Victor Hugo finishes writing the now renowned gothic novel, 'The Hunchback of _____-____'. | Notre-Dame | 72%
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| 1822 | The Holy Alliance sends the Ottoman Empire an ultimatum after Ottoman suppression of Austrian subjects in Bucharest. The Holy Alliance is comprised of three major powers: Austria, Russia and _______. | Prussia | 72%
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| 1856 | The nations which had fought in the Crimean War sign the Treaty of _____, ending the war. | Paris | 71%
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| 1891 | The first telephone connection between London and _____ opens. | Paris | 71%
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| 1871 | This nation finally unifies after 56 years of rebellions. | Italy | 70%
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| 1805 | In this battle, Horatio Nelson defeats the French fleet off the coast of Spain. | Battle of Trafalgar | 67%
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| 1837 | Queen Victoria accedes the throne, and chooses this palace to be the London residence of the British monarch. | Buckingham Palace | 66%
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| 1845 | In Ireland, an infestation kills one half of this crop, resulting in a widespread famine. | Potato | 66%
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| 1867 | This German philosopher finishes writing the first volume of his book 'Das Kapital'. | Karl Marx | 65%
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| 1838 | A combination of rain and melting snow cause this European river, the second-longest in the continent, to overflow its banks. | Danube River | 64%
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| 1829 | The War of Independence of this Balkan nation ends. | Greece | 64%
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| 1890 | This German Chancellor resigns after 19 years in power, following disagreement with Kaiser Wilhelm II. | Otto von Bismarck | 64%
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| 1888 | The body of this unidentified serial killer's first victim is found in Whitechapel. | Jack the Ripper | 63%
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| 1878 | This Bulgarian city is emancipated from Ottoman rule. | Sofia | 62%
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| 1849 | This Russian writer, known for his psychological novels, such as 'Crime and Punishment', is arrested in Saint Petersburg. | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 61%
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| 1815 | The War of the Seventh Coalition, otherwise known as '_______ Days' begins in March and ends in June. | Hundred | 61%
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| 1828 | This Anglo-Irish soldier, famous for defeating Napoleon at Waterloo, becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. | Arthur Wellesley | 60%
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| 1858 | Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on this zoological theory are read to the Linnean Society. | Evolution | 57%
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| 1889 | This renowned German philosopher suffers a mental breakdown supposedly after witnessing a horse being flogged. | Friedrich Nietzsche | 57%
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| 1808 | Napoleon's brother, ______, takes the Spanish throne. | Joseph | 57%
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| 1827 | This English naturalist is admitted to Christ's College, in Cambridge. | Charles Darwin | 56%
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| 1834 | Slavery is abolished in this major European empire. | British Empire | 55%
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| 1873 | Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patent the first blue _____ with copper rivets. | Jeans | 55%
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| 1832 | An epidemic of this diarrheal illness in London claims at least 3,000 lives. | Cholera | 54%
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| 1886 | John Pemberton begins to advertise this then newly invented beverage. | Coca-Cola | 54%
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| 1820 | This ship, that would later take young Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage around the world is launched. | HMS Beagle | 54%
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| 1854 | The Charge of the Light _______, during the Battle of Balaclava, results in over 100 men killed. | Brigade | 53%
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| 1884 | The Berlin Conference commences, in which European powers discussed carving up ______. | Africa | 51%
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| 1811 | Through the Battle of Anholt, Great Britain maintained their hold of the island of Anholt. To which nation did it previously belong to? | Denmark-Norway | 51%
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| 1806 | Francis II's abdication results in the dissolution of this multi-ethnic European nation. | Holy Roman Empire | 51%
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| 1801 | Tsar Paul I of Russia is murdered. Who succeeds him? | Alexander I | 49%
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| 1895 | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet '____ ____' premiers in St. Petersburg. | Swan Lake | 49%
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| 1861 | The Emancipation of the _____ in Russia gives them the full rights of free citizens. | Serfs | 48%
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| 1817 | German inventor Karl Drais invents the earliest form of this vehicle. It is known derogatorily as a 'dandy horse'. | Bicycle | 47%
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| 1900 | This German inventor invents the self-named airship, which would be used primarily in World War I. | Ferdinand von Zeppelin | 47%
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| 1870 | The emperor of France, ________ declares war on the North German Confederation. | Napoleon III | 46%
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| 1846 | German astronomer, Johann Gottfried Galle discovers which astronomical body in the Solar System? | Neptune | 46%
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| 1821 | Napoleon dies in exile on Saint Helena of this cancer. | Stomach Cancer | 45%
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| 1847 | Emily Brontë gets this novel, her only one, published. | Wuthering Heights | 44%
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| 1868 | This British politician is elected Prime Minister for the first time. | Benjamin Disraeli | 43%
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| 1872 | This stratovolcano in Italy erupts. | Mount Vesuvius | 43%
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| 1887 | This Russian chemist, famous for creating the periodic table, makes a solo ascent by balloon above Klin, Russia to observe an eclipse. | Dmitri Mendeleev | 42%
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| 1830 | The ____ Revolution in France takes place, which led to the overthrow of Charles X. | July | 42%
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| 1898 | Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discover the radioactive elements, Radium and ________. | Polonium | 42%
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| 1880 | This French sculptor begins work on the sculpture 'The Gates of Hell'. | Auguste Rodin | 39%
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| 1835 | This Polish composer's 'Grand Polonaise Brillante' premieres in Paris. | Frederic Chopin | 39%
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| 1896 | Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather as the then longest reigning monarch in British history. Who had previously held this title? | King George III | 38%
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| 1844 | This American showman, famous for his circuses, tours Europe and meets Queen Victoria. | P. T. Barnum | 38%
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| 1894 | This political scandal begins that would divide the French Third Republic until 1906. It began when a certain soldier of Jewish ancestry was convicted of treason. | Dreyfus Affair | 37%
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| 1836 | Charles Dickens' first book, 'The P_______ P_____' is published. | The Pickwick Papers | 37%
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| 1874 | The first Impressionist exhibition opens in Paris, featuring the works of Claude Monet, Edgar _____, and others. | Degas | 36%
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| 1882 | The construction of this basilica commences in Barcelona. | La Sagrada Familia | 36%
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| 1897 | This playwright is released from Reading Gaol. | Oscar Wilde | 35%
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| 1877 | This sports tournament is held for the first time, in London. | Wimbledon | 35%
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| 1851 | This Italian composer's opera, 'Rigoletto' premieres in Venice. In fact, he is particularly famous for his operas. | Giuseppe Verdi | 34%
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| 1875 | French composer Georges Bizet's last and most famous opera, '______' premieres in Paris. | Carmen | 31%
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| 1810 | This renowned German playwright publishes his book 'Theory of Colours'. | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | 31%
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| 1883 | This Tsar is crowned in Russia. He is known as "The Peacemaker". | Alexander III | 30%
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| 1892 | This politician becomes the Prime Minister of Great Britain for the fourth and final time. | William Ewart Gladstone | 30%
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| 1893 | This British author first writes the story of Peter Rabbit for a 5-year-old boy. | Beatrix Potter | 29%
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| 1840 | The first adhesive postage stamp is issued in Britain, named 'Penny _____'. | Black | 29%
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| 1899 | The Second Boer War begins, fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics: the Transvaal Republic and the ______ ____ _____. | Orange Free State | 28%
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| 1855 | This Hungarian composer's symphonic poem, 'Prometheus' premieres. | Franz Liszt | 27%
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| 1864 | The First ______ Convention "for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field", in which 16 states were represented, takes place. | Geneva | 27%
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| 1824 | This English scientist, famous for his contributions to electromagnetism, is elected as a member of the Royal Society. | Michael Faraday | 26%
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| 1807 | This major conflict fought by Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom against France begins in the Iberian Peninsula. | Peninsular War | 26%
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| 1852 | The first edition of this widely used language book is published. It was written by British lexicographer, Peter Roget. | Thesaurus | 25%
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| 1826 | Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, a French inventor, takes the first photograph, known as 'View from the W_____ at Le Gras'. | Window | 24%
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| 1866 | The Treaty of Prague ends this European war. | Austro-Prussian War | 22%
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| 1825 | The Stockton and Darlington _______, the first of its kind, opens in England. | Railway | 20%
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| 1860 | This British novelist writes her second novel of seven, titled, 'The Mill on the Floss'. | George Eliot | 19%
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| 1843 | The steamboat, SS Great Britain, built by this renowned civil engineer, is launched into Bristol's Floating Harbour. | Isambard Kingdom Brunel | 19%
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| 1850 | This well known English poet succeeds William Wordsworth as British Poet Laurate. He is known for such works as 'Mariana'. | Alfred Tennyson | 17%
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| 1812 | This battle, the bloodiest one of the Napoleonic Wars, linked with Napoleon's invasion of Russia takes place. | Battle of Borodino | 17%
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| 1833 | Ada Lovelace, English mathematician, is introduced to this pioneer of computing. | Charles Babbage | 17%
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| 1842 | The Austrian physicist, Christian _______ discovers the self-named phenomenon regarding the change in frequency of waves. | Doppler | 17%
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| 1879 | This German composer's 'Violin Concerto in D Major' premieres in Leipzig. | Johannes Brahms | 17%
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| 1816 | One of Gioachino Rossini's most famous operas premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome. Which is it? | The Barber of Seville | 16%
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| 1876 | Scottish inventor Alexander Graham Bell makes the first phone call. He says "Mr. ______, come here, I want to see you.". | Watson | 16%
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| 1857 | The power of this British joint-stock company ends following the Sepoy Mutiny. | British East India Company | 15%
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| 1859 | The Battle of Solferino ends, in which Piedmont-Sardinia, and France emerge victorious over Austria, ruled by _____ ______. | Franz Joseph I | 15%
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| 1863 | The Salon des Refusés opens in Paris. Various works are exhibited, featuring those of Paul Cézanne, Camille ________, and Édouard Manet. | Pissarro | 15%
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| 1839 | French artist, Louis Daguerre, invents this process of photography. | Daguerreotype | 13%
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| 1885 | Louis Pasteur, French bacteriologist, develops the earliest effective vaccine against this infection. | Rabies | 13%
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| 1862 | ___________ Bridge across The Thames in London opens, becoming the second such bridge after an earlier one fell into decay. | Westminster | 12%
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| 1865 | This well-known England cricketer plays first-class cricket for his first season, of 44. | W. G. Grace | 11%
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| 1819 | This British/German astronomer makes the last telescopic observation of the Great Comet of 1819. | William Herschel | 11%
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| 1818 | The Battle of Koregaon gave the British East India Company a victory over this confederacy/empire. | Maratha Empire | 10%
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| 1823 | This pope, known for being present at Napoleon's coronation, dies at age 81. | Pope Pius VII | 8%
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| 1881 | This pope publishes the encyclical 'Diuturnum illud'. | Pope Leo XIII | 7%
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| 1869 | Elizabeth Blackwall along with this British statistician open the Women's Medical College in England. | Florence Nightingale | 4%
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| 1841 | This Irish playwright's play, 'London Assurance' premiers in London. He is particularly famous for his melodramas. | Dion Boucicault | 1%
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