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European History by Letter - T

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

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Last updated: July 5, 2022
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One of the most deadly wars in European history (1618-1648)
Thirty Years' War
Euphemistic term for the civil war in Northern Ireland
Troubles
Anti-fascist partisan and longtime ruler of Yugoslavia (Josip)
Tito
Under his rule the Roman empire reached its greatest extent
Trajan
Albanian nun and "Mother" famous for her charitable work in India in the 20th century
Teresa
Royal house of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
Tudor
Speculation on the bulbs of this flower caused the first stock market crash in 1737
Tulip
Homer's epic of the conquest of this city is one of Europe's oldest literary works
Troy
First woman in space (Valentina)
Tereshkova
Spanish city, capital of the Visigothic Kingdom
Toledo
Second most important city in the Byzantine Empire (today in Greece)
Thessaloniki
British mathematician whose work helped decode the German Enigma encryption machine in WWII (Alan)
Turing
Dracula’s home
Transylvania
1882 military pact between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
Triple Alliance
Possibly the most influential catholic philosopher (1225-1274)
Thomas Aquinas
First king of Croatia
Tomislav
This order of knights founded a state in the Baltics
Teutonic Order
Swedish schoolgirl who sparked a worldwide movement for action against climate change in 2018 (Greta)
Thunberg
Crop rotation system introduced in Europe in medieval agriculture that increased production significantly
Three-field system
Berlin's hub airport with up to 1000 starts and landings per day during the airlift 1948-49
Tempelhof
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