Free Printable Historic Events

1.

Alexander the Great conquers Persia.

a)

832 BCE

b)

331 BCE

c)

53

d)

1052

2.

American Civil War.

a)

1634

b)

1781

c)

1865

d)

1932

3.

Apollo 11 lands on the Moon.

a)

1950

b)

1955

c)

1962

d)

1969

4.

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo.

a)

1914

b)

1920

c)

1926

d)

1935

5.

Assassination of Julius Caesar.

a)

215 BCE

b)

44 BCE

c)

213

d)

1026

6.

Attack on World Trade Center.

a)

1985

b)

1990

c)

2001

d)

2005

7.

Battle of England.

a)

1925

b)

1930

c)

1935

d)

1940

8.

Battle of Thermopylae.

a)

480 BCE

b)

200 BCE

c)

35

d)

850

9.

Battle of Trafalgar.

a)

1603

b)

1805

c)

1851

d)

1903

10.

Battle of Waterloo.

a)

1627

b)

1735

c)

1815

d)

1850

11.

Berlin surrenders to Red Army.

a)

1905

b)

1920

c)

1930

d)

1945

12.

Bill Gates creates Microsoft.

a)

1975

b)

1980

c)

1985

d)

1990

13.

Joanne d'Arc burnt at stake.

a)

1205

b)

1431

c)

1585

d)

1735

14.

Chernobyl atomic plan disaster.

a)

1956

b)

1975

c)

1986

d)

2001

15.

Chinese Revolution.

a)

1895

b)

1915

c)

1930

d)

1949

16.

Christianization of Poland.

a)

966

b)

1085

c)

1135

d)

1218

17.

Christopher Columbus discovers America.

a)

1285

b)

1492

c)

1618

d)

1805

18.

Code of Hammurabi.

a)

4150 BCE

b)

2550 BCE

c)

1750 BCE

d)

550 BCE

19.

Christianity becomes official religion in Constantinople.

a)

414 BCE

b)

150 BCE

c)

50

d)

313

20.

Copernicus discovers Earth revolves around the Sun.

a)

1543

b)

1651

c)

1735

d)

1818

21.

Corona virus Pandemic.

a)

2017

b)

2019

c)

2021

d)

2022

22.

Coronation of Charlemagne for Emperor.

a)

50

b)

650

c)

800

d)

1050

23.

Expansion of Islam.

a)

115 BCE

b)

115

c)

350

d)

622

24.

Creation of European Union.

a)

1993

b)

2000

c)

2005

d)

2015

25.

Crucifixion of Jesus.

a)

215 BCE

b)

30

c)

356

d)

815

26.

Crusaders take Jerusalem.

a)

50

b)

735

c)

1099

d)

1415

27.

Darwin discovers Evolution.

a)

1557

b)

1653

c)

1716

d)

1859

28.

English defeat Spanish Armada.

a)

1588

b)

1653

c)

1716

d)

1859

29.

Destruction of Jerusalem by Romans.

a)

255 BCE

b)

70

c)

315

d)

850

30.

Edmund Hillary climbs Mount Everest.

a)

1897

b)

1932

c)

1953

d)

1971

31.

Elon Musk creates electric car.

a)

1972

b)

1983

c)

1991

d)

2003

32.

End of Apartheid in South Africa.

a)

1994

b)

2001

c)

2012

d)

2019

33.

Ferdinand Magellan's expedition around the world.

a)

1407

b)

1522

c)

1631

d)

1708

34.

First cities in Sumer.

a)

10000 BCE

b)

5500 BCE

c)

3500 BCE

d)

1750 BCE

35.

Gagarin becomes first man in space.

a)

1931

b)

1942

c)

1950

d)

1961

36.

Yellowstone becomes first national park in the world.

a)

1872

b)

1901

c)

1935

d)

1960

37.

First steam locomotive is built.

a)

1705

b)

1813

c)

1875

d)

1915

38.

First university establish in Bologna.

a)

150

b)

655

c)

1088

d)

1365

39.

Great Depression.

a)

1865

b)

1905

c)

1915

d)

1929

40.

Great Pyramid of Giza is built.

a)

2560 BCE

b)

1750 BCE

c)

755 BCE

d)

215 BCE

41.

Hannibal attacks Rome walking through Alpes.

a)

550 BCE

b)

218 BCE

c)

215

d)

750

42.

Hernan Cortes conquers Aztec Empire.

a)

1053

b)

1221

c)

1521

d)

1735

43.

Hindenburg disaster.

a)

1851

b)

1895

c)

1915

d)

1937

44.

Hitler defeated in battle of Stalingrad.

a)

1943

b)

1948

c)

1955

d)

1960

45.

Hitler invades Poland to start World War II.

a)

1925

b)

1939

c)

1945

d)

1960

46.

Howard Carter discovers Tutankhamun's tomb.

a)

1856

b)

1891

c)

1922

d)

1940

47.

India gets independence from UK.

a)

1875

b)

1905

c)

1930

d)

1947

48.

Invention of alphabet by Phoenicians.

a)

1050 BCE

b)

650 BCE

c)

215 BCE

d)

355

49.

Invention of cuneiform writing.

a)

5500 BCE

b)

3200 BCE

c)

1750 BCE

d)

850

50.

Invention of gunpowder by Chinese.

a)

150 BCE

b)

355

c)

800

d)

1252

51.

Irish Famine.

a)

1805

b)

1825

c)

1865

d)

1845

52.

Ireland gets independent.

a)

1921

b)

1930

c)

1941

d)

1950

53.

Isaac Newton discovers Laws of Motion.

a)

1495

b)

1687

c)

1755

d)

1845

54.

Jack the Ripper's killings in London.

a)

1803

b)

1856

c)

1888

d)

1925

55.

James Watt builds first steam engine.

a)

1408

b)

1515

c)

1695

d)

1765

56.

Japan attacks US fleet in Pearl Harbor.

a)

1941

b)

1945

c)

1950

d)

1955

57.

Johannes Gutenberg invents printing press.

a)

1285

b)

1455

c)

1605

d)

1815

58.

John Paul II becomes pope.

a)

1951

b)

1965

c)

1978

d)

1990

59.

King Sobieski defeats Turks in battle of Vienna.

a)

1315

b)

1450

c)

1575

d)

1683

60.

Louis Pasteur invents vaccination.

a)

1885

b)

1915

c)

1940

d)

1965

61.

First movie made by Lumiere brothers.

a)

1855

b)

1896

c)

1915

d)

1935

62.

March on Washington by Martin Luther King.

a)

1941

b)

1950

c)

1963

d)

1975

63.

Marco Polo travels to China.

a)

215

b)

750

c)

1050

d)

1271

64.

Martin Luther's 95 theses.

a)

1517

b)

1650

c)

1718

d)

1895

65.

Mongols conquer Asia.

a)

850

b)

1260

c)

1485

d)

1620

66.

Montgolfier brothers fly hot-air baloon.

a)

1315

b)

1585

c)

1782

d)

1895

67.

Napoleon invades Russia.

a)

1520

b)

1614

c)

1715

d)

1812

68.

Norman conquest of England.

a)

1066

b)

1255

c)

1445

d)

1605

69.

Poland defeat Teutonic Knights at Grunwald.

a)

1066

b)

1410

c)

1605

d)

1801

70.

President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas.

a)

1942

b)

1950

c)

1963

d)

1975

71.

Renaissance.

a)

755

b)

1055

c)

1285

d)

1436

72.

Russian Revolution.

a)

1917

b)

1930

c)

1941

d)

1955

73.

Visigoths sack Rome.

a)

150 BCE

b)

410

c)

850

d)

1105

74.

Salem Witch Trials.

a)

1475

b)

1585

c)

1692

d)

1755

75.

Schliemann discovers Troy.

a)

1685

b)

1750

c)

1805

d)

1871

76.

First Disney's animated movie is released.

a)

1937

b)

1945

c)

1951

d)

1960

77.

Black Death kills one third of Europe.

a)

1085

b)

1348

c)

1585

d)

1705

78.

The fall of Berlin Wall.

a)

1971

b)

1980

c)

1989

d)

2001

79.

Constantinople taken by the Turks.

a)

715

b)

1078

c)

1218

d)

1453

80.

French Revolution.

a)

1789

b)

1845

c)

1895

d)

1925

81.

The Holocaust.

a)

1930-35

b)

1941-45

c)

1945-48

d)

1950-55

82.

The United Nations is formed.

a)

1915

b)

1930

c)

1945

d)

1955

83.

Thomas Edison invents electric bulb.

a)

1756

b)

1805

c)

1845

d)

1879

84.

Titanic sinks.

a)

1912

b)

1925

c)

1933

d)

1946

85.

Trojan war.

a)

2100 BCE

b)

1190 BCE

c)

550 BCE

d)

55 BCE

86.

Turing builds first computer.

a)

1905

b)

1930

c)

1945

d)

1960

87.

Holodomor - Ukrainian Famine.

a)

1855

b)

1895

c)

1905

d)

1932

88.

First Emperor unifies China.

a)

206

b)

550

c)

1005

d)

1430

89.

Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.

a)

5000 BCE

b)

3000 BCE

c)

1750 BCE

d)

350 BCE

90.

US Declaration of Independence.

a)

1407

b)

1605

c)

1776

d)

1895

91.

US drops atomic bomb in Hiroshima.

a)

1895

b)

1915

c)

1930

d)

1945

92.

Vietnam War.

a)

1955-75

b)

1965-85

c)

1975-79

d)

1985-90

93.

Vikings discover America.

a)

500

b)

1000

c)

1400

d)

1650

94.

War in Ukraine.

a)

2010

b)

2020

c)

2022

d)

2023

95.

Warsaw Uprising.

a)

1910

b)

1927

c)

1935

d)

1944

96.

Watson and Crick discover DNA.

a)

1953

b)

1965

c)

1975

d)

1984

97.

William Shakespeare writes Hamlet.

a)

1485

b)

1601

c)

1755

d)

1895

98.

World War I.

a)

1855-60

b)

1900-06

c)

1914-18

d)

1930-38

99.

Wright brothers build first plane.

a)

1808

b)

1850

c)

1875

d)

1903

100.

Agricultural Revolution.

a)

10000 BCE

b)

5000 BCE

c)

1000 BCE

d)

500 BCE

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