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History Events — Medium, Set 2

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  1. 1.In which country did the Edict of Milan granting religious tolerance to Christians take place?

    • A. Argentina
    • B. Hungary
    • C. Italy
    • D. Japan
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    Italy

    Did you know? Edict of Milan took place in Italy.

  2. 2.In what year did the death of Isaac Newton take place?

    • A. 2007
    • B. 1806
    • C. 1727
    • D. 476
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    1727

    Did you know? Death of Isaac Newton took place in 1727.

  3. 3.In what year did the Battle of Bosworth Field, the end of the Wars of the Roses take place?

    • A. 2014
    • B. 1485
    • C. 1879
    • D. 622
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    1485

    Did you know? Battle of Bosworth Field took place in 1485.

  4. 4.In what year did the publication of Copernicus's De revolutionibus take place?

    • A. 1533
    • B. 1633
    • C. 1206
    • D. 1543
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    1543

    Did you know? Publication of De revolutionibus took place in 1543.

  5. 5.In what year did the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public steam railway take place?

    • A. 1836
    • B. 1999
    • C. 1825
    • D. 1690
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    1825

    Did you know? First public steam railway took place in 1825.

  6. 6.In which city did the execution of Charles I take place?

    • A. Cajamarca
    • B. Rome
    • C. London
    • D. Boston
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    London

    Did you know? Execution of Charles I took place in London.

  7. 7.In which city did the printing of the Gutenberg Bible take place?

    • A. Mecca
    • B. Mainz
    • C. Bern
    • D. Berlin
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    Mainz

    Did you know? Printing of the Gutenberg Bible took place in Mainz.

  8. 8.Which historical event took place in 1600?

    • A. Opening of the Suez Canal
    • B. Founding of the British East India Company
    • C. Hungarian Revolution
    • D. Annexation of Crimea
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    Founding of the British East India Company

    Did you know? 1600: the founding of the British East India Company took place.

  9. 9.Which historical event took place in 325?

    • A. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
    • B. Battle of Borodino
    • C. First Council of Nicaea
    • D. Sinking of the Titanic
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    First Council of Nicaea

    Did you know? 325: the First Council of Nicaea took place.

  10. 10.In which country did Bartolomeu Dias's rounding of the Cape of Good Hope take place?

    • A. the Bahamas
    • B. Poland
    • C. France
    • D. South Africa
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    South Africa

    Did you know? Dias's rounding of the Cape took place in South Africa.

  11. 11.Which historical event took place in 1770?

    • A. Vasco da Gama's arrival in India
    • B. "I Have a Dream" speech
    • C. Cook's landing at Botany Bay
    • D. Independence of Singapore
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    Cook's landing at Botany Bay

    Did you know? 1770: James Cook's landing at Botany Bay took place.

  12. 12.In which country did the start of the Hundred Years' War take place?

    • A. France
    • B. Great Britain
    • C. Belgium
    • D. Panama
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    France

    Did you know? Start of the Hundred Years' War took place in France.

  13. 13.In which city did the Hijra, Muhammad's migration from Mecca take place?

    • A. Medina
    • B. Königsberg
    • C. Boston
    • D. Saint Petersburg
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    Medina

    Did you know? Hijra took place in Medina.

  14. 14.In what year did the Great Exhibition take place?

    • A. 1215
    • B. 1852
    • C. 1851
    • D. 1989
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    1851

    Did you know? Great Exhibition took place in 1851.

  15. 15.In what year did the signing of the Maastricht Treaty take place?

    • A. 1778
    • B. 1992
    • C. 1839
    • D. 1789
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    1992

    Did you know? Maastricht Treaty took place in 1992.

  16. 16.In which country did the passage of the Slavery Abolition Act take place?

    • A. Turkey
    • B. United Kingdom
    • C. Peru
    • D. Austria
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    United Kingdom

    Did you know? Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 took place in United Kingdom.

  17. 17.In which country did the discovery of the dwarf planet Pluto take place?

    • A. Austria
    • B. India
    • C. Russia
    • D. United States
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    United States

    Did you know? Discovery of Pluto took place in United States.

  18. 18.In which city did the Constitutional Convention drafting the United States Constitution take place?

    • A. Compiègne
    • B. Athens
    • C. Rome
    • D. Philadelphia
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    Philadelphia

    Did you know? Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia.

  19. 19.In which country did the Sepoy Rebellion against British rule take place?

    • A. Mexico
    • B. India
    • C. Portugal
    • D. Panama
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    India

    Did you know? Indian Rebellion of 1857 took place in India.

  20. 20.In what year did the restoration of the English monarchy under Charles II take place?

    • A. 1660
    • B. 1912
    • C. 539 BC
    • D. 1974
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    1660

    Did you know? Restoration of the English monarchy took place in 1660.

  21. 21.In what year did the Edict of Milan granting religious tolerance to Christians take place?

    • A. 313
    • B. 1960
    • C. 1707
    • D. 1916
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    313

    Did you know? Edict of Milan took place in 313.

  22. 22.In what year did the Argentine Declaration of Independence take place?

    • A. 1984
    • B. 1816
    • C. 1763
    • D. 1521
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    1816

    Did you know? Argentine Declaration of Independence took place in 1816.

  23. 23.Which historical event took place in 537?

    • A. Completion of the Hagia Sophia
    • B. First Impressionist exhibition
    • C. Zheng He's treasure voyages
    • D. Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
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    Completion of the Hagia Sophia

    Did you know? 537: the completion of the Hagia Sophia took place.

  24. 24.Which historical event took place in 1727?

    • A. Death of Isaac Newton
    • B. Battle of Grunwald
    • C. Fall of the Ming dynasty
    • D. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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    Death of Isaac Newton

    Did you know? 1727: the death of Isaac Newton took place.

  25. 25.In which country did the start of the Moorish conquest of the Iberian Peninsula take place?

    • A. Spain
    • B. Pakistan
    • C. Iraq
    • D. China
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    Spain

    Did you know? Moorish conquest of Spain took place in Spain.

  26. 26.In what year did the outbreak of the Crimean War take place?

    • A. 1883
    • B. 2016
    • C. 1853
    • D. 1871
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    1853

    Did you know? Start of the Crimean War took place in 1853.

  27. 27.Which historical event took place in 1920?

    • A. Founding of the League of Nations
    • B. Fall of the Western Roman Empire
    • C. Publication of the Communist Manifesto
    • D. Invention of the laser
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    Founding of the League of Nations

    Did you know? 1920: the founding of the League of Nations took place.

  28. 28.In what year did the birth of the first IVF baby, Louise Brown take place?

    • A. 1989
    • B. 1704
    • C. 1796
    • D. 1978
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    1978

    Did you know? First IVF birth took place in 1978.

  29. 29.In what year did the proclamation of the French First Republic take place?

    • A. 1852
    • B. 1974
    • C. 1941
    • D. 1792
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    1792

    Did you know? Proclamation of the French First Republic took place in 1792.

  30. 30.Which historical event took place in 1488?

    • A. Attack on Pearl Harbor
    • B. Founding of the Dutch East India Company
    • C. Dias's rounding of the Cape
    • D. Act of Union of 1801
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    Dias's rounding of the Cape

    Did you know? 1488: Bartolomeu Dias's rounding of the Cape of Good Hope took place.

  31. 31.In which country did the beginning of Zheng He's treasure voyages take place?

    • A. China
    • B. Germany
    • C. Poland
    • D. Portugal
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    China

    Did you know? Zheng He's treasure voyages took place in China.

  32. 32.In what year did the trial and death of Socrates take place?

    • A. 612 BC
    • B. 70
    • C. 399 BC
    • D. 1974
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    399 BC

    Did you know? Trial and death of Socrates took place in 399 BC.

  33. 33.In what year did the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence take place?

    • A. 1840
    • B. 1991
    • C. 1500
    • D. 1821
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    1821

    Did you know? Start of the Greek War of Independence took place in 1821.

  34. 34.In what year did the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire take place?

    • A. 1807
    • B. 1854
    • C. 1204
    • D. 73 BC
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    1807

    Did you know? British abolition of the slave trade took place in 1807.

  35. 35.In what year did the Battle of Tours take place?

    • A. 1881
    • B. 732
    • C. 1808
    • D. 1846
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    732

    Did you know? Battle of Tours took place in 732.

  36. 36.Which historical event took place in 1833?

    • A. October Revolution
    • B. Publication of Newton's Principia
    • C. Slavery Abolition Act of 1833
    • D. Battle of Waterloo
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    Slavery Abolition Act of 1833

    Did you know? 1833: the passage of the Slavery Abolition Act took place.

  37. 37.Which historical event took place in 1513?

    • A. Treaty of Tordesillas
    • B. Start of the Korean War
    • C. Sack of Baghdad
    • D. European discovery of the Pacific
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    European discovery of the Pacific

    Did you know? 1513: Balboa's European discovery of the Pacific Ocean took place.

  38. 38.In which city did the publication of Copernicus's De revolutionibus take place?

    • A. Babylon
    • B. Mecca
    • C. Tehran
    • D. Nuremberg
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    Nuremberg

    Did you know? Publication of De revolutionibus took place in Nuremberg.

  39. 39.In which country did the discovery of the planet Neptune take place?

    • A. Germany
    • B. Switzerland
    • C. Poland
    • D. South Africa
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    Germany

    Did you know? Discovery of Neptune took place in Germany.

  40. 40.In what year did the first Space Shuttle launch take place?

    • A. 1864
    • B. 1981
    • C. 1687
    • D. 70
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    1981

    Did you know? First Space Shuttle launch took place in 1981.

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