Centuries Quiz

1) This volcano erupts, burying the city of Pompeii in ash

79

2) This Roman emperor constructs a fortified wall in northern England

122-132

3) This dynasty reunites China after the Han ends

280

4) This Roman emperor establishes Byzantium after his name and is the first to adopt Christianity

306-337

5) This feared Hun leader ravages the Eastern Roman empire

441-447

6) This Germanic kingdom is established in northern Italy, now a region that bears its name

568

7) This prophet has his first revelation by God

610

8) Pepin the Short rises to power and establishes this dynasty as Frankish king

751

9) This Frankish king is crowned Holy Roman emperor and expands the empire

800-814

10) This Norse viking colonizes Greenland

982-986

11) Norman ruler William defeats Harold Godwinson at this crucial battle

1066

12) King who fought Saladin and his men in the Crusades, earning the name Lionheart

1189-1199

13) King John is forced to sign this document by rebellious barons, stating no king shall be above the common law

1215

14) This disease ravages Europe, where over 50 million deaths occurred

1347-1351

15) This Genoese explorer, sailing for Spain, "discovers" America but lands in the area of the Bahamas

1492

16) This missionary nails 95 Thesis in a church in Wittenberg, Germany, igniting the Protestant Reformation

1517

17) Mass hysteria breaks out in this Massachusetts village, where young women are accused of black magic/witchcraft and subsequently hanged

1692

18) The US adopts this document, declaring freedom from Great Britain during the American Revolution

July 1776

19) President Lincoln is assassinated by this former actor & Southern sympathizer at Fords Theater

April 1865

20) This Naval base in Hawaii is bombed by the Japanese, bringing the US into WW2

Dec 1941

21) The King of Pop dies in Los Angeles by a supposed overdose of his doctors medication

2009

22) This disease caused a mass pandemic across the world, spreading from Wuhan, China

2019-2023