February Happenings - Europe - Statistics

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Date Year Hint Answer % Correct
Feb 2 1901 This queen's funeral is held in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Queen Victoria
100%
Feb 8 1952 This young princess is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom. Elizabeth II
96%
Feb 6 1918 British women over the age of 30 get this right voting right
96%
Feb 5 1939 This generalísimo becomes the 68th "Caudillo de España" (Leader of Spain) F. Franco
91%
Feb 3 1468 This German publisher and inventor of the printing press dies J.Gutenberg
87%
Feb 26 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from this island Elba
83%
Feb 1 2009 Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir becomes this country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government Iceland
83%
Feb 28 2013 This pope of the Catholic Church resigns Benedict XVI
78%
Feb 22 1997 British scientists announce that this animal has been successfully cloned Dolly, sheep
74%
Feb 4 1794 This is abolished by the French legislature throughout all territories Slavery
74%
Feb 12 1502 This explorer sets sail from Lisbon on his second voyage to India Vasco da Gama
74%
Feb 7 1992 The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of this organization the EU
70%
Feb 20 1877 This Tchaikovsky's ballet receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre Swan Lake
57%
Feb 13 1960 With the success of "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the 4th country to possess this a nuclear weapon
52%
Feb 21 1848 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish the Communist Manifesto in this city London
52%
Feb 10 1940 The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens to this region Siberia
43%
Feb 25 1991 This organization first created in 1955 by communist countries is declared disbanded Warsaw Pact
43%
Feb 29 1644 This Dutch explorer begins his second Pacific voyage Abel Tasman
35%
Feb 9 1996 This synthetic chemical element named after a Polish astronomer is discovered Copernicium
35%
Feb 23 1898 This writer is imprisoned after writing "J'accuse", a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Alfred Dreyfus Émile Zola
35%
Feb 16 1918 This country sets itself officially free from the German rule (and stays independent until 1940 when it's seized by the USSR) Lithuania
30%
Feb 24 1920 This party is founded by Anton Drexler NSDAP
30%
Feb 15 1923 This country is the last in Europe to adopt the Gregorian calendar Greece
26%
Feb 11 2009 The EU sets this day as the European ___ Day to promote this emergency phone number 112
22%
Feb 14 1945 The Dresden bombing in navigational errors turns into the bombing of this other city, as well Prague
22%
Feb 19 356 Roman Emperor Constantius II issues a decree closing all of these pagan temples
17%
Feb 27 2015 Assassination of this Russian politician occurs in central Moscow Boris Nemtsov
9%
Feb 17 1600 This philosopher and cosmological theorist is burned alive, for heresy, in Rome G. Bruno
9%
Feb 18 2014 Hundreds of people are killed or injured in clashes between riot police and demonstrators in this city Kiev
4%
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