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19th Century Dates Quiz

For each highlighted event, guess the year.
Enter year here: ?
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EventYear
Start of California Gold rush
Start of the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln assassinated
Custer defeated
Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
Slavery abolished in British Empire
Year of Revolutions in Europe
Start of Queen Victoria's reign
First modern Olympic Games
Spanish-American War
Eiffel Tower constructed
EventYear
Battle of the Alamo
Edison tests first light bulb
British sack Washington D.C.
Mormon pioneers reach Salt Lake
Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
Potato Famine begins in Ireland
End of U.S. Reconstruction
Basketball is invented
U.S. annexes Hawaii
Transcontinental railroad completed
Emancipation Proclamation
Napoleon captures Moscow
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Am I the first comment on this quiz? It's a good quiz.
2012-02-01 | reply
91%!
2012-02-01 | reply
About the Emancipation Proclamation: It came into effect on January 1st, 1863, BUT it was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on September 22nd, 1862.
2012-02-03 | reply
thehistoryguy
saying Napoleon "caputured" Moscow is a bit generous... the Russian army retreated just past the city and after entering and burning it Napoleon had to retreat in defeat due to the harsh winter
2012-05-11 | reply
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