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The Invention Of The Steam Engine

2

The Invention Of The Wheel

3

The Invention Of The Car

4

The Invention Of The Bicycle

Ancient civilizations invented the wheel around 3500 BC

1

The Industrial Revolution

2

The Roman Empire

3

The Renaissance

4

The Building Of The Great Pyramids

The Great Pyramid of Giza was built around 2560 BC

1

The American Revolution

2

The Great Depression

3

The Victorian Era

4

The Reign Of Cleopatra

Cleopatra ruled Egypt in the first century BC

1

The Signing Of The Magna Carta

2

The Protestant Reformation

3

The University Of Bologna

4

The Black Death

The University of Bologna was founded in 1088

1

The Declaration Of Independence

2

The Signing Of The Magna Carta

3

The Bill Of Rights

4

The US Constitution

King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215

1

The Typewriter

2

The Radio

3

The Gutenberg Printing Press

4

The Personal Computer

Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press around 1440

1

World War II

2

The Moon Landing

3

The Discovery Of America By Columbus

4

The Invention Of The Internet

Christopher Columbus reached the Americas in 1492

1

The Birth Of William Shakespeare

2

The Discovery Of Australia

3

The American Civil War

4

World War I

The famous playwright William Shakespeare was born in 1564

1

The American Revolution

2

World War II

3

The Arrival Of The Mayflower

4

The American Civil War

The Mayflower brought the Pilgrims to North America in 1620

1

The Founding Of Harvard University

2

The Founding Of Princeton

3

The Founding Of Columbia

4

The Founding Of Yale University

Harvard University was founded in 1636

1

The Invention Of The Steam Engine

2

The French Revolution

3

The Reign Of Napoleon

4

Newton's Principia Publication

Sir Isaac Newton published his laws of motion in 1687

1

The French Revolution

2

The War Of 1812

3

The American Revolution

4

The American Civil War

The American Revolution began in 1775

1

The Louisiana Purchase

2

George Washington's Inauguration

3

The French Revolution

4

The War Of 1812

Washington was inaugurated in April 1789

1

The Louisiana Purchase

2

The California Gold Rush

3

The Battle Of The Alamo

4

The American Civil War

The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory in 1803

1

The American Civil War

2

The Birth Of Queen Victoria

3

The Invention Of The Lightbulb

4

The Invention Of The Telephone

Queen Victoria was born in 1819

1

The Construction Of The Erie Canal

2

The Suez Canal

3

The Panama Canal

4

The Channel Tunnel

The Erie Canal was completed in 1825

1

The Invention Of Television

2

The Invention Of Radio

3

The Invention Of The Telegraph

4

The Invention Of The Telephone

Samuel Morse developed the telegraph in the 1830s

1

The American Civil War

2

The California Gold Rush

3

World War I

4

The Emancipation Proclamation

The California Gold Rush began in 1848

1

The Franco-Prussian War

2

The Spanish-American War

3

The Crimean War

4

The American Civil War

The Crimean War was fought from 1853 to 1856

1

Darwin's Origin Of Species Publication

2

The American Civil War

3

The Battle Of Gettysburg

4

The Death Of Abraham Lincoln

Charles Darwin published his groundbreaking book in 1859

1

World War II

2

The Vietnam War

3

The American Civil War

4

The Cold War

The American Civil War took place from 1861 to 1865

1

The Russo-Japanese War

2

The Boxer Rebellion

3

The Meiji Restoration In Japan

4

World War I

The Meiji Restoration began in 1868

1

The Opening Of The Suez Canal

2

The Empire State Building

3

The Opening Of The Panama Canal

4

The Golden Gate Bridge

The Suez Canal opened in 1869 to connect the Mediterranean and Red Seas

1

The Invention Of The Lightbulb

2

The Wright Flight

3

The Ford Model T

4

The Invention Of The Telephone

Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876

1

The Invention Of Television

2

The Invention Of The Computer

3

The Invention Of The Lightbulb

4

The Invention Of Radio

Thomas Edison commercialized the incandescent lightbulb in 1879

1

The Opening Of The Eiffel Tower

2

The Opening Of Tower Bridge

3

The Dedication Of The Statue Of Liberty

4

The Empire State Building

The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in 1886

1

The Discovery Of Penicillin

2

The Discovery Of DNA

3

The First Heart Transplant

4

The Discovery Of X-Rays

Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays in 1895

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The Wright Brothers' First Flight

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The Panama Canal

3

The Ford Model T

4

The Sinking Of The Titanic

Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first powered flight in 1903

1

The Jazz Age

2

The Great Depression

3

The First Ford Model T

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World War I

Henry Ford began mass-producing the Model T in 1908

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The Apollo 11 Mission

2

The Moon Landing

3

The Sinking Of The Titanic

4

The Launch Of The Space Shuttle

The Titanic tragically sank in 1912

1

The Vietnam War

2

The Korean War

3

World War II

4

The Start Of World War I

The First World War began in 1914

1

The Women's Suffrage Movement Success

2

The Twenty-Sixth Amendment

3

The Hippie Movement

4

The Civil Rights Movement

Women in the United States achieved the right to vote in 1920

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The First DVD Player

2

The First Streaming Service

3

The First Commercial Radio Station

4

The First Television Station

KDKA in Pittsburgh became the first commercial radio station in 1920

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The Discovery Of Penicillin

2

The Discovery Of DNA

3

The Invention Of CRISPR

4

The Polio Vaccine Discovery

Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928

1

The Atomic Bomb

2

Pearl Harbor

3

D-Day

4

The Stock Market Crash of 1929

The stock market crashed in 1929

1

The Vietnam War

2

The Start Of World War II

3

The Gulf War

4

The Korean War

World War II began in 1939

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The Sputnik Launch

2

The Moon Landing

3

The Hiroshima Bombing

4

The Attack On Pearl Harbor

The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941

1

The Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima

2

The Apollo 11 Mission

3

The Sputnik Launch

4

The Space Shuttle Program

The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945

1

The End Of The USSR

2

The Fall Of The Berlin Wall

3

The Building Of The Berlin Wall

4

The Founding Of Israel

The modern State of Israel was founded in 1948

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The Founding Of NATO

2

The Building Of The Berlin Wall

3

The Cuban Missile Crisis

4

The Warsaw Pact

NATO was founded in 1949

1

The First Heart Transplant

2

The First CT Scan

3

The Discovery Of DNA Structure

4

The First MRI

Watson and Crick identified the DNA double helix in 1953

1

The Watergate Scandal

2

The Moon Landing

3

The Civil Rights Act Of 1964

4

The Woodstock Festival

The Civil Rights Act was signed in 1964

1

The Mars Rover Mission

2

The Hubble Telescope

3

The Moon Landing

4

The Space Shuttle Program

Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969

1

The Fall Of The Berlin Wall

2

The Euro Currency Launch

3

The End Of The USSR

4

The 9/11 Attacks

The Berlin Wall fell in 1989

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Notre Dame Cathedral

2

The Construction Of Stonehenge

3

The Great Wall Of China

4

The Roman Colosseum

Construction on Stonehenge began around 3000 BC

1

The Magna Carta

2

The Napoleonic Code

3

The Roman Twelve Tables

4

The Code Of Hammurabi

The Code of Hammurabi was written in 1754 BC

1

The Peloponnesian War

2

The Death Of Julius Caesar

3

The Start Of The Trojan War

4

The Punic Wars

The legendary Trojan War occurred around 1200 BC

1

The Reign Of Nero

2

The Career Of Julius Caesar

3

The Reign Of Augustus

4

The Reign Of Alexander The Great

Alexander the Great ruled in the fourth century BC

1

The Reign Of Charlemagne

2

The Battle Of Hastings

3

The Fall Of Rome

4

The Great Fire Of Rome

The Great Fire of Rome happened in 64 AD

1

The Origins Of Islam

2

The Origins Of Christianity

3

The Origins Of Buddhism

4

The Origins Of Sikhism

Buddhism originated in India during the sixth century BC

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The Ming Dynasty

2

The Han Dynasty In China

3

The Song Dynasty

4

The Tang Dynasty

The Han Dynasty began in 206 BC

1

The Fall Of Constantinople

2

The Black Death

3

The First Crusade

4

The Founding Of Constantinople

Constantine founded his capital city in 330 AD

1

The Black Death

2

The Reign Of Charlemagne

3

The Signing Of The Magna Carta

4

The Battle Of Hastings

Charlemagne was crowned Emperor in 800 AD

1

The Voyage Of Captain Cook

2

The Voyage Of Leif Erikson

3

The Voyage Of Magellan

4

The Voyage Of Columbus

Leif Erikson reached North America around 1000 AD

1

The Rise Of Genghis Khan

2

The Reign Of Ivan The Terrible

3

The Career Of Tamerlane

4

The Reign Of Peter The Great

Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire in 1206

1

The Black Death In Europe

2

The French Revolution

3

The Protestant Reformation

4

The Renaissance Peak

The Black Death ravaged Europe in 1347

1

The Galileo Telescope

2

The Gutenberg Printing Press

3

The 95 Theses Of Luther

4

The Copernicus Solar System

Gutenberg developed his printing press in 1440

1

The Fall Of Constantinople

2

The Voyage Of Columbus

3

The Spanish Armada

4

The English Civil War

Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453

1

The English Civil War

2

The Voyage Of Columbus

3

The Spanish Armada

4

The 95 Theses Of Luther

Christopher Columbus reached the Americas in 1492

1

The Spanish Armada

2

The English Civil War

3

The Reign Of Peter The Great

4

The 95 Theses Of Martin Luther

Martin Luther posted his theses in 1517

1

The Voyage Of Captain Cook

2

The Apollo 11 Mission

3

The Magellan Circumnavigation

4

The Voyage Of Darwin

Magellan's crew completed the first global circumnavigation in 1522

1

The Copernicus Solar System Model

2

The Galileo Telescope

3

The Newton Gravity Theory

4

The Einstein Relativity Theory

Nicolaus Copernicus published his sun-centered model in 1543

1

The Mayflower Voyage

2

The Spanish Armada Defeat

3

The English Civil War

4

The Glorious Revolution

The English defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588

1

The English Civil War

2

The Glorious Revolution

3

The Mayflower Voyage

4

The French Revolution

The Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth in 1620

1

The American Revolution

2

The Invention Of The Steam Engine

3

The Newton Gravity Theory

4

The Galileo Telescope Observations

Galileo first observed the stars with a telescope in 1610

1

St. Paul's Cathedral

2

The White House

3

The Palace Of Versailles

4

The Building Of The Taj Mahal

Shah Jahan began building the Taj Mahal in 1632

1

The Great Fire Of London

2

The Great Fire Of Chicago

3

The Sinking Of The Titanic

4

The San Francisco Earthquake

The Great Fire of London occurred in 1666

1

The Newton Gravity Theory

2

The Einstein Relativity Theory

3

The Darwin Evolution Theory

4

The Ben Franklin Kite Experiment

Sir Isaac Newton published his gravity theory in 1687

1

The Reign Of Catherine The Great

2

The Russian Revolution

3

The Reign Of Nicholas II

4

The Reign Of Peter The Great

Peter the Great became tsar in 1682

1

The French Revolution

2

The American Revolution

3

The War Of 1812

4

The Seven Years' War

The Seven Years' War began in 1756

1

The Latin American Wars

2

The American Revolution

3

The French Revolution

4

The Russian Revolution

The American Revolution began in 1775

1

The Australian First Fleet Arrival

2

The Australian Federation

3

The Battle Of Gallipoli

4

The Australian Gold Rush

The First Fleet arrived in Sydney Cove in 1788

1

The Battle Of Waterloo

2

The French Revolution

3

The Battle Of Gettysburg

4

The Battle Of The Somme

The French Revolution began in 1789

1

The Pasteur Germ Theory

2

The Fleming Penicillin Discovery

3

The Jenner Smallpox Vaccine

4

The Lister Antiseptic Surgery

Edward Jenner developed the smallpox vaccine in 1796

1

The Alaska Purchase

2

The Gadsden Purchase

3

The Louisiana Purchase

4

The Hawaii Annexation

The United States purchased Louisiana in 1803

1

The Peron Argentina Presidency

2

The Bolivar Independence Wars

3

The Zapata Mexican Revolution

4

The Castro Cuban Revolution

Simon Bolivar led South American independence wars in the 1810s

1

The Battle Of Gettysburg

2

The Battle Of The Alamo

3

The Battle Of Verdun

4

The Battle Of Waterloo

Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo in 1815

1

The Morse Telegraph Invention

2

The Marconi Radio Signal

3

The Apple iPhone Launch

4

The Bell Telephone Invention

Samuel Morse developed the telegraph in 1837

1

The Long March

2

The Boxer Rebellion

3

The First Opium War

4

The Cultural Revolution

The First Opium War began in 1839

1

World War I

2

World War II

3

The Mexican-American War

4

The Spanish-American War

The Mexican-American War began in 1846

1

The Russian Revolution

2

The Maoist Revolution

3

The Building Of The Berlin Wall

4

The Communist Manifesto Publication

Karl Marx published his manifesto in 1848

1

The California Gold Rush

2

The Great Depression

3

World War II

4

The Klondike Gold Rush

The California Gold Rush began in 1848

1

The Chinese Civil War

2

The Taiping Rebellion In China

3

The Wuchang Uprising

4

The May Fourth Movement

The Taiping Rebellion began in 1850

1

Darwin's Origin Of Species Publication

2

The Freud Psychoanalysis Theory

3

The Watson And Crick Discovery

4

The Einstein Relativity Theory

Charles Darwin published his theory in 1859

1

The Voting Rights Act

2

The Emancipation Proclamation

3

The Civil Rights Act

4

The Nineteenth Amendment

Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863

1

The MLK Dream Speech

2

The Gettysburg Address

3

The JFK Inaugural Address

4

The FDR First Inaugural

Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863

1

The Tokyo Olympics

2

The Meiji Restoration In Japan

3

The Attack On Pearl Harbor

4

The Hiroshima Bombing

The Meiji Restoration began in 1868

1

The Franco-Prussian War

2

The Franco-Algerian War

3

World War II

4

World War I

The Franco-Prussian War took place in 1870

1

The Edison Lightbulb Invention

2

The Wright Brothers Flight

3

The Invention Of The Internet

4

The Invention Of Television

Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb in 1879

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The Battle Of Little Bighorn

2

The Wounded Knee Massacre

3

The Pancho Villa Expedition

4

The Spanish-American War

The Battle of Little Bighorn occurred in 1876

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