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Which Historical Event Happened First? - #1
Can you correctly select which event from each set of 4 happened first?
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Last updated: January 7, 2024
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| First submitted | October 16, 2023 |
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1. Which happened first?
Canadian Confederation - July 1, 1867
Finnish Independence
Australian Federation
German Unification
Canadian Confederation
2. Which happened first?
Roman Conquest of Cyprus - 58 B.C.
Roman conquest of Gaul
Roman conquest of Egypt
Roman conquest of Cyprus
Roman conquest of Britain
3. Which happened first?
Orville Wright flies the first Airplane - December 17, 1903
Roald Amundsen leads the first voyage to the South Pole
Orville Wright flies the first Airplane
Robert Peary leads the first voyage to the North Pole (though this claim is disputed).
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first people to climb the summit of Mount Everest
4. Which happened first?
Italy launches an invasion of Greece - October 28, 1940
Allied forces are able to halt Erwin Rommel's advance across Egypt at the First Battle of El Alamein
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Italy launches an invasion of Greece
Germany breaks the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and invades the USSR
5. Which happened first?
Napoleon Bonaparte dies in Exile - May 5, 1821
Napoleon Bonaparte dies in Exile
Franz Joseph I ascends the throne of Austria
Queen Victoria is coronated
Wilhelm II becomes German Emperor
6. Which happened first?
The United Nations creates the UNEF Peacekeepers - November 7, 1956
The USSR stages nuclear missiles in Cuba
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person in outer space
The UNEF Peacekeepers are created by the United nations
The People's Republic of China is officially given a permanent seat on the UN Security Council
7. Which happened first?
The United States signs the Oregon Treaty, establishing much of its border with British Canada to be at the 49th Parallel - June 15, 1846
The United States signs the Oregon Treaty, establishing much of its border with British Canada to be at the 49th Parallel
The United States purchases Alaska from Russia
The United States seizes control of Puerto Rico from Spain
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
8. Which happened first?
The city of Buenos Aires, Argentina is founded - February 2, 1536
The city of Buenos Aires, Argentina is founded
The city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is founded
The city of Montreal, Quebec is founded
The city of Washington, D.C. is founded
9. Which happened first?
Shaka Zulu is assassinated by his brothers, King Dingane and Prince Mhlangana - September 2, 1828
Shaka Zulu is assassinated by his brothers, King Dingane and Prince Mhlangana
Liberia declares independence from the American Colonization Society
Zulu forces land a humiliating defeat against the British at the Battle of Isandlwana
Ethiopia, led by Menelik II, is able to resist an attempted invasion by the Kingdom of Italy
10. Which happened first?
The Aspero Pyramid is built by the Norte Chico civilization in Peru - between 3700-2500 B.C.
The Aspero Pyramid is built by the Norte Chico civilization in Peru
Teotihuacan is founded in central Mexico
Construction begins on the Parthenon in Athens
The city of Rome is founded
11. Which happened first?
Basil II formally organizes the Varangian Guard - 988
Norwegian forces under Harald Hardrada are defeated at the Battle of Stamford Bridge
Basil II formally organizes the Varangian Guard
Sweyn Forkbeard forms the North Sea Empire, uniting Denmark, Norway, and England
Norse Vikings found a settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in North America
12. Which happened first?
The Song dynasty comes into power in China - February 4, 960
The Qing dynasty comes into power in China
The Ming dynasty comes into power in China
The Song dynasty comes into power in China
The Yuan dynasty comes into power in China
13. Which happened first?
Czechoslovakia breaks free from Austria-Hungary - October 28, 1918
Czechoslovakia breaks free from Austria-Hungary
The republic of Turkey is proclaimed
The Weimar Republic is established in Germany
Yugoslavia is formed
14. Which happened first?
The first line of the London Underground enters operation - January 10, 1863
Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge
The first line of the London Underground enters operation
The SS Dido becomes the first ship to pass through the Suez Canal
Construction begins on the Trans-Siberian Railway, the longest railway line in the world
15. Which happened first?
Sargon the Great rules over the Akkadian Empire - 2334-2279 B.C.
Ramesses II reigns as Pharoah in Egypt
Sargon the Great rules over the Akkadian Empire
Ashurbanipal becomes King of Assyria
Cyrus the Great founds the Achaemenid Empire in Persia
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3 Comments
Jealous1sEnvy
+4
Level 89
Jan 2, 2024
Wow, this is hard!
DarthSoto
+2
Level 60
Jan 3, 2024
Good quiz but I think it needs a little bit more extra time because of reading each question and having to mentally compare and contrast the timeframes for each answer choice.
DoktorApplejuce
+1
Level 70
Jan 7, 2024
Fair enough. An extra minute has been added.
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