Various Dates Flashcards
1
Q
Marie Curie died
A
1934, aged 77
2
Q
French Revolution
A
1789-1799
2
Q
World War II
A
1939-1945
2
Q
Cuban Revolution
A
1953-1959
3
Q
Wars of the Roses
A
1455-1485
4
Q
English Civil War
A
1642-1651
4
Q
Hundred Years’ War
A
1337-1453
4
Q
Wordswith dies
A
1850 (aged 80)
4
Q
James Cook voyage to Australia
A
1766
5
Q
George V reign
A
1910-1936
5
Q
Acts of Union
A
1706, 1707
6
Q
Irish War of Independence
A
1919-1921
6
Q
Charles II reign
A
1660-1685 (24 years)
6
Q
Graham Bell’s telephone
A
1876
8
Q
Korean War
A
1950-1953
8
Q
Queen Elizabeth II reign
A
1952-
9
Q
First Russian Revoluion
A
1905
11
Q
American Civil War
A
1861-1865
12
Q
Second Russian Revolution
A
1917
12
Q
Edisons light bulb
A
1897
13
Q
Second Boer War
A
1899-1902
15
Q
Columbus voyage
A
1492
17
Q
Tennyson dies
A
1892 (aged 83)
18
Q
Shakespeare died
A
1616, aged 62
20
Anglo-Spanish War
1585-1604
22
Transistor invented
1947
23
Battle of Waterloo
1815
23
Succession right of Elizabeth II
Daughter of George VI
24
Spanish American Wars of Independence
1808-1833
25
Henry VII reign
1485-1509 (23 years)
26
Henry VIII reign
1509-1547 (37 years)
28
Vietnam War
1955-1975
29
Byron dies
1924 (aged 46)
30
Russian Civil War
1917-1923
32
Guttenberg's printing press
1440
33
Succession right of George VI
Son of George V
34
Spanish Civil War
1936-1939
35
Queen Elizabeth I reign
1558-1603 (44 years)
36
Battle of Trafalgar
1805
38
Succession right of George V
Son of Edward VII
39
Succession right of Edward VIII
Son of George V
40
Inigo Jones dies
1652 (aged 79)
41
Jane Austen dies
1817, aged 42
42
Edward VIII reign
1936
43
Soviet War in Afghanistan
1979-1989
44
Napoleonic Wars
1803-1815
45
World War II
1914-1918
46
George VI reign
1936-1952
47
Drake's Circumnavigation
1577-1580
48
Jane Austen dies
1817 (aged 42)
49
Alexande Fleming discovers penecilin
1928
50
King George III reign
1760-1820 (59 years)
52
Spanish Conquest of Aztec Empire
1519-1521
53
Victoria reign
1837-1901 (63 years)
54
Edward VIII abdication
1936
55
Goethe dies
1832 (aged 83)
56
Henry VI reign
1422-1461; deposed; 1470-1471 (39 years)
58
Falklands War
1982
59
Christopher Wren dies
1723 (aged 89)
60
Crimean War
1853-1856
61
Stephenson's rocket
1829
62
Edward VII reign
1901-1910
63
Drake Battle with Spanish Armada
1588
64
Succession right of Edward VII
Son of Victoria
65
Charles I reign
1625-1649 (23 years)
66
American Revolutionary War
1775-1783
