Years

Question 1

1798

Answer 1

President….George Washington

Monarch….George III (mad King George)

Prime Minister …. William Pitt the Younger (Tory)

Events……..french revolution starts with storming of the Bastille/Herschel discovers moons of Saturn/Cartwright patents his first power loom.

Question 2

1898

Answer 2

President…. William McKinley (25th)

Monarch ….Queen Victoria

Prime Minister…Robert Gascogne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Events….Hong Kong leased to uk for 99 years/first escalator in UK installed in Harrods/War of the Worlds Published.

Question 3

1998

Answer 3

President…Bill Clinton

Queen Elizabeth II

Prime Minister …Tony Blair

Events ….Winter Olympics Nagano Japan/Good Friday agreement signed/£2 coin launched

Question 4

1698

Answer 4

King of England George I (Hanoverian)

Russian Tsar Peter the Great

King of France Louis XIV (Sun king symbol he chose for himself reminiscent of Apollo Greek god of the sun)

First Eddystone Light house built off Plymouth

In an effort to move his people away from Asiatic customs is our Peter the first of Russia imposes attacks on beards priests and peasants were exempt for a small fee

The Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire

Question 5

1598

Answer 5

Queen of England Elizabeth I

King of France was Henry IV of France

First sighting of the dodo in Mauritius

Signing of Edict of Nantes Which granted French croissant Protestants also known as the Huguenot substantial rights in what was generally considered a catholic Europe.

Question 6

1498

Answer 6

King of England was Henry VII

King of France was Charles VIII he was 13 when he became king he died of an accidentAnd was succeeded by his cousin Louis the 12th

Portuguese explorer Vasco Dagama discovers a sea route to India.

It’s probably the date that Leonardo da Vinci copied his painting the last supper