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Which Historical Event Happened First? - #1

Can you correctly select which event from each set of 4 happened first?
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Last updated: January 7, 2024
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First submittedOctober 16, 2023
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1. Which happened first?
Canadian Confederation
German Unification
Australian Federation
Finnish Independence
Canadian Confederation - July 1, 1867
2. Which happened first?
Roman conquest of Gaul
Roman conquest of Egypt
Roman conquest of Britain
Roman conquest of Cyprus
Roman Conquest of Cyprus - 58 B.C.
3. Which happened first?
Robert Peary leads the first voyage to the North Pole (though this claim is disputed).
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first people to climb the summit of Mount Everest
Orville Wright flies the first Airplane
Roald Amundsen leads the first voyage to the South Pole
Orville Wright flies the first Airplane - December 17, 1903
4. Which happened first?
Germany breaks the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and invades the USSR
Italy launches an invasion of Greece
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Allied forces are able to halt Erwin Rommel's advance across Egypt at the First Battle of El Alamein
Italy launches an invasion of Greece - October 28, 1940
5. Which happened first?
Queen Victoria is coronated
Franz Joseph I ascends the throne of Austria
Napoleon Bonaparte dies in Exile
Wilhelm II becomes German Emperor
Napoleon Bonaparte dies in Exile - May 5, 1821
6. Which happened first?
The People's Republic of China is officially given a permanent seat on the UN Security Council
The UNEF Peacekeepers are created by the United nations
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person in outer space
The USSR stages nuclear missiles in Cuba
The United Nations creates the UNEF Peacekeepers - November 7, 1956
7. Which happened first?
The United States signs the Oregon Treaty, establishing much of its border with British Canada to be at the 49th Parallel
The United States purchases Alaska from Russia
The United States seizes control of Puerto Rico from Spain
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
The United States signs the Oregon Treaty, establishing much of its border with British Canada to be at the 49th Parallel - June 15, 1846
8. Which happened first?
The city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is founded
The city of Montreal, Quebec is founded
The city of Buenos Aires, Argentina is founded
The city of Washington, D.C. is founded
The city of Buenos Aires, Argentina is founded - February 2, 1536
9. Which happened first?
Ethiopia, led by Menelik II, is able to resist an attempted invasion by the Kingdom of Italy
Liberia declares independence from the American Colonization Society
Zulu forces land a humiliating defeat against the British at the Battle of Isandlwana
Shaka Zulu is assassinated by his brothers, King Dingane and Prince Mhlangana
Shaka Zulu is assassinated by his brothers, King Dingane and Prince Mhlangana - September 2, 1828
10. Which happened first?
Teotihuacan is founded in central Mexico
Construction begins on the Parthenon in Athens
The city of Rome is founded
The Aspero Pyramid is built by the Norte Chico civilization in Peru
The Aspero Pyramid is built by the Norte Chico civilization in Peru - between 3700-2500 B.C.
11. Which happened first?
Basil II formally organizes the Varangian Guard
Sweyn Forkbeard forms the North Sea Empire, uniting Denmark, Norway, and England
Norse Vikings found a settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in North America
Norwegian forces under Harald Hardrada are defeated at the Battle of Stamford Bridge
Basil II formally organizes the Varangian Guard - 988
12. Which happened first?
The Ming dynasty comes into power in China
The Song dynasty comes into power in China
The Yuan dynasty comes into power in China
The Qing dynasty comes into power in China
The Song dynasty comes into power in China - February 4, 960
13. Which happened first?
Yugoslavia is formed
The republic of Turkey is proclaimed
The Weimar Republic is established in Germany
Czechoslovakia breaks free from Austria-Hungary
Czechoslovakia breaks free from Austria-Hungary - October 28, 1918
14. Which happened first?
The first line of the London Underground enters operation
The SS Dido becomes the first ship to pass through the Suez Canal
Construction begins on the Trans-Siberian Railway, the longest railway line in the world
Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge
The first line of the London Underground enters operation - January 10, 1863
15. Which happened first?
Ramesses II reigns as Pharoah in Egypt
Cyrus the Great founds the Achaemenid Empire in Persia
Ashurbanipal becomes King of Assyria
Sargon the Great rules over the Akkadian Empire
Sargon the Great rules over the Akkadian Empire - 2334-2279 B.C.
3 Comments
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Level 88
Jan 2, 2024
Wow, this is hard!
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Level 59
Jan 3, 2024
Good quiz but I think it needs a little bit more extra time because of reading each question and having to mentally compare and contrast the timeframes for each answer choice.
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Level 62
Jan 7, 2024
Fair enough. An extra minute has been added.