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Centuries Quiz

Name the people, places, events, etc that took place from 1st-21st century
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Last updated: March 4, 2026
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1) This volcano erupts, burying the
city of Pompeii in ash
79
Vesuvius
2) This Roman emperor constructs
a fortified wall in northern England
122-132
Hadrian
3) This dynasty reunites China after
the Han ends
280
Jin
4) This Roman emperor establishes
Byzantium after his name and
is the first to adopt Christianity
306-337
Constantine
5) This feared Hun leader ravages
the Eastern Roman empire
441-447
Attila
6) This Germanic kingdom is established
in northern Italy, now a region that bears
its name
568
Lombard
7) This prophet has his first revelation
by God
610
Muhammad
8) Pepin the Short rises to power and
establishes this dynasty as Frankish king
751
Carolingian
9) This Frankish king is crowned Holy
Roman emperor and expands the empire
800-814
Charlemagne
10) This Norse viking colonizes Greenland
982-986
Erik the Red
11) Norman ruler William defeats Harold
Godwinson at this crucial battle
1066
Hastings
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12) King who fought Saladin and his men
in the Crusades, earning the name Lionheart
1189-1199
Richard
13) King John is forced to sign this document
by rebellious barons, stating no king shall
be above the common law
1215
Magna Carta
14) This disease ravages Europe, where over
50 million deaths occurred
1347-1351
Black Plague
15) This Genoese explorer, sailing for Spain,
"discovers" America but lands in the area
of the Bahamas
1492
Christopher Columbus
16) This missionary nails 95 Thesis in a church in
Wittenberg, Germany, igniting the Protestant
Reformation
1517
Martin Luther
17) Mass hysteria breaks out in this Massachusetts village,
where young women are accused of black magic/witchcraft
and subsequently hanged
1692
Salem
18) The US adopts this document, declaring
freedom from Great Britain during the American
Revolution
July 1776
Declaration of Independence
19) President Lincoln is assassinated by this
former actor & Southern sympathizer at Fords Theater
April 1865
John Wilkes Booth
20) This Naval base in Hawaii is bombed
by the Japanese, bringing the US into WW2
Dec 1941
Pearl Harbor
21) The King of Pop dies in Los Angeles by a supposed
overdose of his doctors medication
2009
Michael Jackson
22) This disease caused a mass pandemic across the
world, spreading from Wuhan, China
2019-2023
Covid 19
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