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Timeline of the 19th Century

How well do you remember historical events from 1801 until 1900?
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1. Which composer performed his "Moonlight Sonata" for the first time in 1801?
Johann Sebastian Bach ✓
Frederic Chopin ✓
Ludwig van Beethoven ✓
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ✓
2. In 1803 the Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory by the United States from which country?
Spain ✓
Mexico ✓
United Kingdom ✓
France ✓
3. In 1804, in the Battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon defeated Russian and what other army?
Swedish ✓
Spanish ✓
Austrian ✓
Ottoman ✓
4. What was the name of the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the USA from 1804 to 1806?
Smith & Frazier Expedition ✓
Ham & McKenzie Expedition ✓
Lewis & Clark Expedition ✓
Livingstone & Stanley Expedition ✓
5. Napoleon's invasion of what country turned out to be his downfall?
Germany ✓
Russia ✓
Great Britain ✓
Austria ✓
6. In 1813, which author published "Pride and Prejudice"?
Edgar Allan Poe ✓
Jane Austen ✓
George Elliot ✓
Charlotte Bronte ✓
7. When Mount Tambora erupted in 1815 it became the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history, killing at least 71,000 people. In which country that happened?
Chile ✓
Philippines ✓
Indonesia ✓
Mexico ✓
8. Which author published "Frankenstein" in 1815?
Emily Bronte ✓
Mary Shelley ✓
Oscar Wilde ✓
Bram Stoker ✓
9. What African country was founded by freed American slaves in 1821?
Liberia ✓
Angola ✓
South Africa ✓
Benin ✓
10. What 19th century leader, nicknamed "The Liberator", campaigned for Catholic rights and Irish independence?
William Wallace ✓
John Collins ✓
Daniel O'Connell ✓
Oliver Cromwell ✓
11. In what state did the Battle of Alamo take place in 1836?
New Mexico ✓
Arizona ✓
Georgia ✓
Texas ✓
12. Which writer highlighted the horrors of 19th century Child labor in his novel "Oliver Twist"?
Edgar Allan Poe ✓
Charles Dickens ✓
Ernest Hemingway ✓
Mark Twain ✓
13. What crop failed in the 1840s, causing the Great Irish Famine?
potatoes ✓
wheat ✓
corn ✓
rice ✓
14. Who is considered the Father of Communism?
Vladimir Lenin ✓
Karl Marx ✓
Friedrich Engels ✓
Mao Zedong ✓
15. The Springtime of the Peoples were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe in what year?
1828 ✓
1898 ✓
1848 ✓
1868 ✓
16. Gettysburg is the most notorious and bloody battles in what war?
Revolutionary War ✓
American Civil War ✓
Mexican-American War ✓
War of 1812 ✓
17. Who was the first president of the United States who was assassinated?
Abraham Lincoln ✓
Andrew Johnson ✓
James A. Garfield ✓
William McKinley ✓
18. Who published "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" in 1865?
Walt Disney ✓
Lewis Carroll ✓
Brothers Grimm ✓
Hans Christian Andersen ✓
19. Cro-Magnons were the first early modern humans to settle in Europe. Where were their remains found in 1868?
France ✓
Croatia ✓
Spain ✓
Italy ✓
20. Which famous canal was opened up in 1869?
Rhine-Main-Danube canal ✓
Volga-Don canal ✓
Suez canal ✓
Panama canal ✓
21. In 1869, who published "War and Peace"?
Fyodor Dostoevsky ✓
Alexander Pushkin ✓
Leo Tolstoy ✓
Mikhail Sholokhov ✓
22. Widely held to be the first in the world, which national park was established in the United States in 1872?
Grand Canyon ✓
Yosemite ✓
Rocky Monutain ✓
Yellowstone ✓
23. Which teams played the first recognised international soccer match in 1872?
England vs France ✓
Scotland vs Wales ✓
England vs Scotland ✓
France vs Wales ✓
24. The opera "Carmen" was premiered in Paris in 1875. Who is its composer?
George Bizet ✓
Richard Wagner ✓
Giuseppe Verdi ✓
Gioachino Rossini ✓
25. Who was the U.S. commander that lost the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876?
Ulysses S. Grant ✓
George Armstrong Custer ✓
Jesse James ✓
George S. Patton ✓
26. The first modern Olympic Games were held in which decade?
1880s ✓
1890s ✓
1850s ✓
1870s ✓
27. In what town did the gunfight at the O.K. corral take place in 1881?
Dodge City ✓
Lincoln ✓
El Paso ✓
Tombstone ✓
28. Who invented the light bulb in 1883?
Alexander Graham Bell ✓
Karl Benz ✓
Walter Hunt ✓
Thomas Edison ✓
29. Which King of Bavaria built the famous Neuschwanstein Castle in 1886?
King Leopold ✓
King Ludwig II ✓
King Otto ✓
King Maximilian ✓
30. Who published his first Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet" in 1887?
Arthur Conan Doyle ✓
Agatha Christie ✓
Edgar Allan Poe ✓
Raymond Chandler ✓
31. "Starry Night" is probably the most famous painting of which artist?
Salvador Dali ✓
Rembrandt ✓
Pablo Picasso ✓
Vincent van Gogh ✓
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