Timeline of the 19th Century

How well do you remember historical events from 1801 until 1900?

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1. Which composer performed his "Moonlight Sonata" for the first time in 1801?

Johann Sebastian Bach ✓

Frederic Chopin ✓

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ✓

Ludwig van Beethoven ✓

2. In 1803 the Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory by the United States from which country?

France ✓

Spain ✓

Mexico ✓

United Kingdom ✓

3. In 1804, in the Battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon defeated Russian and what other army?

Ottoman ✓

Swedish ✓

Austrian ✓

Spanish ✓

4. What was the name of the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the USA from 1804 to 1806?

Ham & McKenzie Expedition ✓

Lewis & Clark Expedition ✓

Livingstone & Stanley Expedition ✓

Smith & Frazier Expedition ✓

5. Napoleon's invasion of what country turned out to be his downfall?

Austria ✓

Russia ✓

Germany ✓

Great Britain ✓

6. In 1813, which author published "Pride and Prejudice"?

Charlotte Bronte ✓

Jane Austen ✓

Edgar Allan Poe ✓

George Elliot ✓

7. When Mount Tambora erupted in 1815 it became the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history, killing at least 71,000 people. In which country that happened?

Indonesia ✓

Chile ✓

Philippines ✓

Mexico ✓

8. Which author published "Frankenstein" in 1815?

Mary Shelley ✓

Oscar Wilde ✓

Bram Stoker ✓

Emily Bronte ✓

9. What African country was founded by freed American slaves in 1821?

Angola ✓

South Africa ✓

Liberia ✓

Benin ✓

10. What 19th century leader, nicknamed "The Liberator", campaigned for Catholic rights and Irish independence?

John Collins ✓

Daniel O'Connell ✓

Oliver Cromwell ✓

William Wallace ✓

11. In what state did the Battle of Alamo take place in 1836?

Arizona ✓

Georgia ✓

New Mexico ✓

Texas ✓

12. Which writer highlighted the horrors of 19th century Child labor in his novel "Oliver Twist"?

Edgar Allan Poe ✓

Ernest Hemingway ✓

Charles Dickens ✓

Mark Twain ✓

13. What crop failed in the 1840s, causing the Great Irish Famine?

corn ✓

wheat ✓

potatoes ✓

rice ✓

14. Who is considered the Father of Communism?

Mao Zedong ✓

Karl Marx ✓

Friedrich Engels ✓

Vladimir Lenin ✓

15. The Springtime of the Peoples were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe in what year?

1828 ✓

1868 ✓

1848 ✓

1898 ✓

16. Gettysburg is the most notorious and bloody battles in what war?

Revolutionary War ✓

American Civil War ✓

Mexican-American War ✓

War of 1812 ✓

17. Who was the first president of the United States who was assassinated?

Andrew Johnson ✓

James A. Garfield ✓

William McKinley ✓

Abraham Lincoln ✓

18. Who published "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" in 1865?

Hans Christian Andersen ✓

Brothers Grimm ✓

Walt Disney ✓

Lewis Carroll ✓

19. Cro-Magnons were the first early modern humans to settle in Europe. Where were their remains found in 1868?

Spain ✓

Croatia ✓

Italy ✓

France ✓

20. Which famous canal was opened up in 1869?

Suez canal ✓

Volga-Don canal ✓

Rhine-Main-Danube canal ✓

Panama canal ✓

21. In 1869, who published "War and Peace"?

Leo Tolstoy ✓

Fyodor Dostoevsky ✓

Alexander Pushkin ✓

Mikhail Sholokhov ✓

22. Widely held to be the first in the world, which national park was established in the United States in 1872?

Grand Canyon ✓

Rocky Monutain ✓

Yosemite ✓

Yellowstone ✓

23. Which teams played the first recognised international soccer match in 1872?

England vs France ✓

France vs Wales ✓

England vs Scotland ✓

Scotland vs Wales ✓

24. The opera "Carmen" was premiered in Paris in 1875. Who is its composer?

Richard Wagner ✓

Gioachino Rossini ✓

Giuseppe Verdi ✓

George Bizet ✓

25. Who was the U.S. commander that lost the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876?

Ulysses S. Grant ✓

Jesse James ✓

George Armstrong Custer ✓

George S. Patton ✓

26. The first modern Olympic Games were held in which decade?

1890s ✓

1850s ✓

1880s ✓

1870s ✓

27. In what town did the gunfight at the O.K. corral take place in 1881?

Tombstone ✓

Dodge City ✓

Lincoln ✓

El Paso ✓

28. Who invented the light bulb in 1883?

Alexander Graham Bell ✓

Karl Benz ✓

Thomas Edison ✓

Walter Hunt ✓

29. Which King of Bavaria built the famous Neuschwanstein Castle in 1886?

King Otto ✓

King Maximilian ✓

King Ludwig II ✓

King Leopold ✓

30. Who published his first Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet" in 1887?

Arthur Conan Doyle ✓

Agatha Christie ✓

Raymond Chandler ✓

Edgar Allan Poe ✓

31. "Starry Night" is probably the most famous painting of which artist?

Vincent van Gogh ✓

Salvador Dali ✓

Pablo Picasso ✓

Rembrandt ✓

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