History Quiz: Odd One Out #1

Draco was the first recorded legislator of ancient Athens. Otho's reign occured within the Year of the Four Emperors (69 AD; he only ruled for 3 months and one day), while Lucius Verus ruled from 7th March 161 to 23rd January 169. Aemilian's reign lasted between July and September of the year 253.

Franz Karl Joseph was the son of a Holy Roman Emperor (Francis II) and the father of another (Franz Joseph I); he was, however, only an Archduke. George Augustus Frederick was a British king better known as George IV, while Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte) was the last French monarch. Anna Ioannovna, or Anne of Russia, ruled as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740.

The Battle of Les Avins was the first major engagement of the Franco-Spanish War of 1635 to 1659, a conflict connected to the Thirty Years' War.

The Aztecs worshipped Ixtlilton, a god of healing and medicine. In Maya religion, Itzamna was a creator god, Kinich Ahau was the sun god and Ixchel was the aged jaguar goddess of midwifery and medicine.

The Dutch had previously destroyed the city of Jayakarta before building Batavia on its ruins.

Horace was a Roman poet during the time of Augustus. Hamilcar was a Carthaginian general who was the father of Hasdrubal as well as Hannibal, while Himilco was an explorer who travelled along the coasts of western Europe (up to the British Isles).

Swarup Rani Nehru was the mother of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, and he was the father of Indira Gandhi, the only female Prime Minister of India. Her husband, Feroze Gandhi, changed his surname from Ghandy to Gandhi after joining the Indian independence movement.

Olof was King of Sweden from c. 980 to 1022. Harald Hardrada was King of Norway, while both Harald Bluetooh and Sweyn Forkbeard ruled over Denmark and Norway.

Sneferu was a pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty, ruling c. 2600 BC. Semqen, who ruled sometime between 1649 BC and 1621 BC, was of Hyksos (a group probably from the Levant) ancestry. Shoshenq I (943–922 BC), founder of the 22nd Dynasty, was of Meshwesh (a Berber tribe) ancestry. Taharqa, of Nubian descent, ruled as both a pharaoh of the 25th Dynasty of Egypt and as qore (king) of the Kingdom of Kush.

There have been four Great Boston fires, in 1711,1760,1788 and 1872. There were two in New Orleans, the first in 1788 and the second in 1794. Only one occurred in Seattle, in 1889.

Fujiwara no Takanobu was a portrait artist. His most notable work features Minamoto no Yoritomo, the founder of the Kamakura shogunate.

The Brunner Mine disaster was an explosion on 26th March 1896, in the Brunner Mine on New Zealand's South Island.

The Caledonians were a tribe and a tribal confederacy in what is now Scotland. The Brigantes controlled a large area of modern Northern England, centred in what is now Yorkshire. The Dumnonii inhabited Dumnonia, an area which now consists of Devon and Cornwall, and the Iceni lived in present day Norfolk and parts of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.

Huayna Capac was the third Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire and the eleventh of the Inca civilisation. He was also the father of the other three Sapa Incas mentioned here. Túpac Huallpa was installed by the Spanish in 1533 but died the same year. The Spanish then installed his brother Manco Inca Yupanqui; however, he managed to escape and went on to found the Neo-Inca State, which was independent from the Spanish. The Spanish subsequently installed Paullu Inca as Sapa Inca.

Cyrus I was King of Anshan (a city in Persia), and was also the grandfather of Cyrus II (the Great), who founded the Achaemenid Empire.