On This Day (March 26th) Multiple Choice

1. 908 – Emperor Zhu Wen of Later Liang orders Li Zhu, the last Tang Dynasty emperor, to be what ?

2. 1344 – The Siege of Algeciras comes to an end. It is one of the first European military engagements where what is used ?

3. 1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of which literary work ?

4. 1697 – Safavid government troops take control of which Middle Eastern city ?

5. 1812 - An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale destroys 90% of which city and kills an estimated 15,000–20,000 people ?

6. 1827 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer dies at 56 of a disease of which vital organ ?

7. 1859 - The first supposed sighting of non-existant planet Vulcan, thought to orbit where ?

8. 1872 - Thomas J Martin patents what item in everyday use today ?

9. 1878 - The Sabi Game Reserve, the world's 1st officially designated game reserve, opens in which African country ?

10. 1926 - 85th Grand National (UK): Billy Watkinson is victorious aboard the 25/1 bet "Jack Horner"; He is the first jockey of which nationality to win the race ?

11. 1931 - New Delhi replaces which city as capital of British-India ?

12. 1934 – Which test is introduced in the United Kingdom for the first time ?

13. 1967 – Ten thousand people gather for one of many "be-ins" in which park ?

14. 2006 - The prohibition of smoking in all substantially enclosed public places comes into force in which part of the United Kingdom ?

15. 2010 – A South Korean Navy corvette is torpedoed. After an international investigation, the President of the United Nations Security Council blames which nation ?

16. 2024 - The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses following a collision with a container ship in which city?