25 Dates To Know

Question 1

1450

Answer 1

Advent of the printing press

Question 2

1494

Answer 2

Italian wars begin

Question 3

1517

Answer 3

Martin Luther posts 95 thesis

Question 4

1527

Answer 4

Holy Roman Emperor Charles V sacks Rome

Question 5

1562

Answer 5

French wars of religion

Question 6

1588

Answer 6

Elizabeth I’s England defeats the Spanish Armada

Question 7

1589

Answer 7

Bourbons (Henry of Navarre/V) begin reign in France

Question 8

1643

Answer 8

Louis XIV begins reign in France

Question 9

1648

Answer 9

The peace of Westphalia ends the 30 years war

Question 10

1649

Answer 10

Charles I executed in England

Question 11

1687

Answer 11

Newton published principa mathematica

Question 12

1688

Answer 12

William and Mary sign the English bill of rights in the glorious revolution

Question 13

1762

Answer 13

Rousseau publishes social contract

Question 14

1775

Answer 14

James watts creates the steam engine

Question 15

1789

Answer 15

French Revolution begins

Question 16

1815

Answer 16

Napoleon defeated at Waterloo

Question 17

1838

Answer 17

English reform act gives the middle class the right to vote

Question 18

1848

Answer 18

Revolutions sweep across Europe

Question 19

1870

Answer 19

Unification of Germany

Question 20

1884

Answer 20

Berlin conference begins

Question 21

1914

Answer 21

WWI begins

Question 22

1919

Answer 22

Treaty of Versailles

Question 23

1939

Answer 23

WWII begins

Question 24

1951

Answer 24

European Coal and Steel Community created

Question 25

1989

Answer 25

Berlin Wall falls