Famous dates DP 5 Flashcards
In what century did the Hanging Gardens of Babylon exist
6th century BCE
In what year did Abraham Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address
1863
In what year did Adolf Hitler become Chancellor of Germany
1933
In what year did Amelia Earhart become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
1932 CE
In what year did Charles Lindbergh make the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean
1927 CE
In what year did Christopher Columbus sail to the Americas
1492 CE
In what year did Ernest Shackleton lead his failed attempt to cross Antarctica
1914-1917 CE
In what year did Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigate the globe
1519-1522 CE
In what year did humans first reach the summit of Mount Everest
1953 CE (Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay)
In what year did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his “I Have a Dream” speech
1963
In what year did Nelson Mandela become President of South Africa
1994
In what year did Roald Amundsen reach the South Pole
1911 CE
In what year did the AIDS epidemic begin
1981
In what year did the American Civil War begin
1861
In what year did the American Civil War end
1865 CE
In what year did the American Revolutionary War begin
1775
In what year did the Arab Spring begin
2010
In what year did the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 occur
1948
In what year did the assassination of President John F. Kennedy occur
1963
In what year did the atomic bombs explode over Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1945
In what year did the Battle of Waterloo occur
1815
In what year did the Berlin Wall fall
1989
In what year did the Black Death occur
1347-1351
In what year did the Bosnian War begin
1992
In what year did the Boston Tea Party take place
1773
In what year did the California Gold Rush begin
1848
In what year did the Chernobyl disaster occur
1986
In what year did the Cold War begin
1947
In what year did the COVID-19 pandemic begin
2019
In what year did the Crimean War begin
1853
In what year did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur
1962
In what year did the first American astronaut orbit the Earth
1962 CE (John Glenn)
In what year did the first FIFA World Cup take place
1930 CE
In what year did the first human land on the moon
1969
In what year did the first human reach the deepest point in the ocean (Challenger Deep)
1960 CE (Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh)
In what year did the first human reach the summit of Mount Everest
1953 CE (Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay)
In what year did the first human travel to space
1961 CE (Yuri Gagarin)
In what year did the first manned mission to the moon occur
1969 CE (Apollo 11)
In what year did the first manned spaceflight occur
1961 CE
In what year did the first Olympic Games of the modern era take place
1896 CE
In what year did the first person walk on the moon
1969 CE
In what year did the first successful human-to-human organ transplant occur
1954 CE (Kidney)
In what year did the first Summer Olympic Games take place in the United States
1904 CE
In what year did the first Winter Olympic Games take place
1924 CE
In what year did the first woman travel to space
1963 CE
In what year did the first woman travel to space
1963 CE (Valentina Tereshkova)
In what year did the French and Indian War begin
1754
In what year did the French Revolution begin
1789
In what year did the Great Plague of London occur
1665-1666
In what year did the Gulf War occur
1990-1991
In what year did the Hundred Years’ War begin
1337
In what year did the Industrial Revolution begin
1760-1840
In what year did the Iranian Revolution occur
1979
In what year did the Iraq War begin
2003
In what year did the Korean War begin
1950
In what year did the Kosovo War occur
1998-1999
In what year did the Mexican-American War begin
1846
In what year did the Napoleonic Wars begin
1799
In what year did the Peloponnesian War begin
431 BCE
In what year did the Protestant Reformation begin
1517 CE
In what year did the Punic Wars begin
264 BCE
In what year did the Renaissance occur
14th-17th centuries
In what year did the Roman-Persian Wars begin
226 CE
In what year did the Russian Revolution begin
1917
In what year did the Rwandan Genocide occur
1994
In what year did the Salem Witch Trials take place
1692-1693
In what year did the September 11th attacks occur
2001
In what year did the Seven Years’ War begin
1756
In what year did the Six-Day War occur
1967
In what year did the Soviet Union collapse
1991
In what year did the Soviet-Afghan War begin
1979
In what year did the Space Race occur
1957-1975
In what year did the Spanish Flu pandemic occur
1918-1920
In what year did the Spanish Inquisition begin
1478 CE
In what year did the Spanish-American War occur
1898
In what year did the stock market crash occur, marking the beginning of the Great Depression
1929
In what year did the Suez Crisis occur
1956
In what year did the Syrian Civil War begin
2011
In what year did the Thirty Years’ War begin
1618
In what year did the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre occur
1989
In what year did the Titanic sink
1912
In what year did the Vietnam War begin
1955-1975
In what year did the Wright brothers make the first successful powered flight
1903
In what year did the Yom Kippur War occur
1973
In what year did Vasco da Gama reach India by sea
1498 CE
In what year did women gain the right to vote in the United States
1920
In what year did World War I begin
1914
In what year did World War I occur
1914-1918 CE
In what year did World War II begin
1939
In what year was gunpowder invented
9th century CE
In what year was the abolition of slavery in the United States
1865
In what year was the airplane invented
1903 CE
In what year was the American Civil War fought
1861-1865
In what year was the American Revolution fought
1775-1783 CE
In what year was the automobile invented
1885 CE
In what year was the Battle of Gettysburg fought
1863
In what year was the Berlin Wall built
1961 CE
In what year was the Berlin Wall demolished
1989 CE
In what year was the Bill of Rights ratified
1791 CE
In what year was the compass invented
11th century CE
In what year was the computer invented
1940s CE
In what year was the Declaration of Independence signed
1776
In what year was the English Bill of Rights enacted
1689
In what year was the European Union founded
1993
In what year was the first 3D-printed object created
1986 CE
In what year was the first antibiotic discovered
1928 CE (Penicillin by Alexander Fleming)
In what year was the first artificial heart implanted in a human
1982 CE
In what year was the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, launched into space
1957 CE
In what year was the first artificial sweetener discovered
1879 CE (Saccharin)
In what year was the first atomic bomb detonated
1945 CE
In what year was the first book printed using movable type
Around 1455 CE
In what year was the first car with airbags introduced
1968 CE
In what year was the first cell phone call made
1973 CE
In what year was the first commercial passenger jet aircraft introduced
1958 CE (Boeing 707)
In what year was the first CT scan performed
1972 CE
In what year was the first DNA molecule structure discovered
1953 CE
In what year was the first electric car commercially available
1996 CE (General Motors EV1)
In what year was the first electric light bulb invented
1879 CE
In what year was the first email sent
1971 CE
In what year was the first fluorescent light bulb invented
1857 CE
In what year was the first GPS satellite launched
1978 CE
In what year was the first heart transplant performed
1967 CE
In what year was the first human genome sequenced
2003 CE
In what year was the first human heart transplant performed
1967 CE
In what year was the first human to land on the moon
1969 CE
In what year was the first incandescent light bulb invented
1879 CE
In what year was the first integrated circuit invented
1958 CE
In what year was the first internet browser released
1990 CE (WorldWideWeb)
In what year was the first iPad released
2010 CE
In what year was the first iPhone released
2007 CE
In what year was the first laser invented
1960 CE
In what year was the first microprocessor invented
1971 CE
In what year was the first motion picture shown to the public
1895 CE (by the Lumière brothers)
In what year was the first MRI scan performed
1977 CE
In what year was the first newspaper published
1605 CE
In what year was the first online auction site launched
1995 CE (eBay)
In what year was the first online streaming service launched
1997 CE (Netflix)
In what year was the first personal computer released
1975 CE (Altair 8800)
In what year was the first photograph taken
1826 CE (by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce)
In what year was the first plastic invented
1862 CE (Parkesine)
In what year was the first polio vaccine developed
1952 CE
In what year was the first practical steam engine invented
1712 CE (by Thomas Newcomen)
In what year was the first radio broadcast made
1895 CE
In what year was the first satellite launched into space
1957 CE
In what year was the first search engine created
1990 CE (Archie)
In what year was the first self-driving car invented
1987 CE
In what year was the first smartphone released
1992 CE (IBM Simon)
In what year was the first social media platform launched
1997 CE (SixDegrees.com)
In what year was the first successful blood transfusion performed
1818 CE
In what year was the first successful hot air balloon flight made
1783 CE
In what year was the first successful human-to-human organ transplant occur
1954 CE (Kidney)
In what year was the first successful in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure performed
1978 CE
In what year was the first successful kidney transplant performed
1954 CE
In what year was the first supersonic passenger jet introduced
1969 CE (Concorde)
In what year was the first tablet computer released
2001 CE (Apple Newton)
In what year was the first television broadcast made
1928 CE
In what year was the first text message sent
1992 CE
In what year was the first TikTok video uploaded
2016 CE
In what year was the first transistor invented
1947 CE
In what year was the first vaccine developed
1796 CE (Smallpox vaccine by Edward Jenner)
In what year was the first video game console released
1972 CE (Magnavox Odyssey)
In what year was the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen adopted
1789 CE
In what year was the French Revolution
1789-1799
In what year was the Gutenberg Bible printed
Around 1455 CE
In what year was the Hubble Space Telescope launched into orbit
1990 CE
In what year was the Hubble Space Telescope launched into orbit
1990 CE
In what year was the internet created
1960s CE
In what year was the internet invented
1960s CE
In what year was the light bulb invented
1879 CE
In what year was the Magna Carta signed
1215
In what year was the Mexican-American War fought
1846-1848
In what year was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) founded
1949
In what year was the printing press invented
Around 1440 CE
In what year was the steam engine invented
1712 CE
In what year was the telephone invented
1876 CE
In what year was the television invented
1927 CE
In what year was the Transcontinental Railroad completed in the United States
1869
In what year was the United Nations founded
1945
In what year was the United States Constitution ratified
1788
In what year was the Warsaw Pact signed
1955
In what year was the World Wide Web invented
1989 CE
What year did the Carthaginian civilization flourish
9th century BCE to 146 BCE
What year did the Chavin civilization flourish
900 BCE to 200 BCE
What year did the Classical period in Greece occur
500 BCE to 323 BCE
What year was the Battle of Thermopylae fought
480 BCE
What year was the Colosseum in Rome completed
80 CE
What year was the Great Pyramid of Giza constructed
c. 2560 BCE
What year was the Parthenon in Athens completed
432 BCE
When did the AIDS epidemic begin
1981 CE to present
When did the American Civil War occur
1861 CE to 1865 CE
When did the American Revolution occur
1775 CE to 1783 CE
When did the Arab Spring begin
2010 CE to present
When did the Archaic period in Greece occur
800 BCE to 500 BCE
When did the Aztec Empire reach its peak
15th century CE
When did the Black Death occur
1347 CE to 1351 CE
When did the Byzantine Empire exist
330 CE to 1453 CE
When did the Carolingian Empire exist
751 CE to 843 CE
When did the Carthaginian civilization flourish
9th century BCE to 146 BCE
When did the Chavin civilization flourish
900 BCE to 200 BCE
When did the Classical period in Greece occur
500 BCE to 323 BCE
When did the COVID-19 pandemic begin
2019 CE to present
When did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur
1962 CE
When did the Delhi Sultanate exist
1206 CE to 1526 CE
When did the Egyptian civilization flourish
3100 BCE to 30 BCE
When did the French Revolution occur
1789 CE to 1799 CE
When did the Greek Dark Ages occur
1100 BCE to 800 BCE
When did the Gupta Empire in India reach its peak
4th century CE
When did the Hellenistic period in Greece occur
323 BCE to 31 BCE
When did the Holy Roman Empire exist
962 CE to 1806 CE
When did the Inca Empire reach its peak
15th century CE
When did the Indus Valley Civilization flourish
2600 BCE to 1900 BCE
When did the Industrial Revolution occur
1760 CE to 1840 CE
When did the Iraq War occur
2003 CE to 2011 CE
When did the Kaaba exist
6th century BCE
When did the Khmer Empire exist
802 CE to 1431 CE
When did the Korean War occur
1950 CE to 1953 CE
When did the Mayan civilization flourish
250 CE to 900 CE
When did the Mesopotamian civilization flourish
3300 BCE to 750 BCE
When did the Minoan civilization flourish
2700 BCE to 1450 BCE
When did the Mongol Empire exist
1206 CE to 1368 CE
When did the Mughal Empire exist
1526 CE to 1857 CE
When did the Mycenaean civilization flourish
1600 BCE to 1100 BCE
When did the Nok civilization flourish
1500 BCE to 200 CE
When did the Olmec civilization flourish
1200 BCE to 400 BCE
When did the Ottoman Empire exist
1299 CE to 1922 CE
When did the Persian Empire reach its peak
550 BCE to 330 BCE
When did the Phoenician civilization flourish
1500 BCE to 300 BCE
When did the Roman Republic exist
509 BCE to 27 BCE
When did the Rwandan Genocide occur
1994 CE
When did the Safavid Empire exist
1501 CE to 1722 CE
When did the September 11th attacks occur
2001 CE
When did the Silk Road begin to flourish
2nd century BCE
When did the Soviet Union collapse
1991 CE
When did the Space Race occur
1957 CE to 1975 CE
When did the Spanish Flu pandemic occur
1918 CE to 1920 CE
When did the Syrian Civil War begin
2011 CE to present
When did the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre occur
1989 CE
When did the Vietnam War occur
1955 CE to 1975 CE
When did the Vijayanagara Empire exist
1336 CE to 1646 CE
When did World War I occur
1914 CE to 1918 CE
When did World War II occur
1939 CE to 1945 CE
When was Big Ben built
1859 CE
When was the Angkor Wat temple complex built
1113 CE to 1150 CE
When was the Borobudur temple complex built
8th century CE
When was the Colosseum built
80 CE
When was the Dome of the Rock built
691 CE
When was the Eiffel Tower built
1889 CE
When was the Empire State Building built
1931 CE
When was the Forbidden City built
1420 CE
When was the Golden Gate Bridge built
1937 CE
When was the Great Mosque of Damascus built
705 CE
When was the Hagia Sophia built
537 CE
When was the Notre Dame Cathedral built
1163 CE
When was the Panama Canal built
1914 CE
When was the Pantheon built
126 CE
When was the Parthenon built
432 BCE
When was the St. Basil’s Cathedral built
1555 CE
When was the Statue of Liberty erected
1886 CE
When was the Suez Canal built
1869 CE
When was the Taj Mahal built
1632 CE
When was the Terracotta Army created
3rd century BCE
When was the Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 CE
