| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The Battle of Trafalgar is fought off southern Spain | 1805 | 75%
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| Abraham Lincoln is assassinated | 1865 | 75%
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| The Olympic Games are revived in Athens | 1896 | 67%
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| Queen Victoria comes to the throne | 1837 | 46%
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| The USA acquires French territory in the Louisiana Purchase | 1803 | 38%
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| Marx and Engels publish The Communist Manifesto | 1848 | 33%
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| The British East India Company faces a rebellion in India | 1857 | 33%
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| Pierre and Marie Curie announce the discovery of radium | 1898 | 33%
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| General George Custer dies at Little Big Horn | 1876 | 29%
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| The Statue of Liberty is dedicated in New York | 1886 | 29%
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| Vincent van Gogh paints The Starry Night | 1889 | 29%
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| The world's first public railway opens.from Stockton to Darlington | 1825 | 25%
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| The Great Exhibition opens at Crystal Palace in London | 1851 | 25%
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| Argentina declares independence from Spain | 1816 | 21%
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| The first edition of 'Frankenstein' is published anonymously | 1818 | 21%
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| Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Vienna | 1827 | 21%
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| Construction of the Suez Canal is completed | 1869 | 21%
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| The Galapagos islands are annexed by Ecuador | 1832 | 13%
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| Great Britain and the Qing dynasty sign the Treaty of Nanking | 1842 | 13%
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| Thomas Edison invents the phonograph | 1877 | 13%
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