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European History by Letter - Z

Are you a true expert of Europe's historical figures and locations?

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Last updated: July 23, 2022
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Swiss reformator, got in a row with Luther (Huldrych)
Zwingli
Home town of the above
Zurich
His “J’accuse” made the French government plunge into a crisis (Emile)
Zola
Greek philosopher known for his “paradoxes”
Zeno of Elea
Airship named after its German inventor
Zeppelin
Grand Prince and progenitor of 23 kings of Hungary
Zoltan
Dalmatian city allegedly founded over 2900 years ago
Zadar (Zara)
German composer of many blockbuster movie scores from 1980 (Hans)
Zimmer
Bavarian Joseph Naus was the first to ascend Germany’s highest mountain in 1820
Zugspitze
Popular Soviet WWII general (Georgy)
Zhukov
Strategically important Ukrainian city on the Dnepr river, bombed by Russia in the 2022 war
Zaporizhzhia
German chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth discovered this chemical element in 1789
Zirconium
Led France to the World Cup 1998, ended his career by headbutting an opponent (Zinédine)
Zidane
Town in Western Ukraine, site of a Cossack attack in 1649, a WWI battle and a WWII massacre
Zboriv
German revolutionary, communist parliamentarian and feminist (Carla, 1857-1933)
Zetkin
Former bay in the Netherlands, cut off the sea by a dam in 1932, now a freshwater lake
Zuiderzee
Failed diplomatic attempt of Germany to form a military alliance with Mexico against the US in 1917
Zimmermann telegram
Capital of the Kingdom of Aragon for almost 600 years
Zaragoza
Legendary Czech long-distance runner who modernized training methods (Emil)
Zatopek
Leader of Russia’s communist party who lost all his four bids for president (Gennadi)
Zyuganov
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