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European History by Letter - U

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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The first of its kind in Europe was founded in Bologna
University
Initiated the first crusade
Urban II (pope)
Its purity and force made this “animal” the national symbol of Scotland
Unicorn
Lenin’s real name (Vladimir Ilyich)
Ulyanov
Country in Eastern Europe attacked by Vladimir Putin in 2022
Ukraine
Swedens most important university was founded here in 1477
Uppsala
Bronze Age culture named for the burial rites in that era
Urn culture
Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea and site of the mysterious crash of Itavia Flight 870 in 1980
Ustica
One of two mountain ranges that make up the border between Europe and Asia
Ural
Southern German city of major political and economic importance around 1500
Ulm
Much blood has been shed over this Irish province
Ulster
East German leader infamous for his phrase “Nobody has any intention of building a wall” (Walter)
Ulbricht
Swedish king Gustav Adolf and his army landed on this island shared today by Germany and Poland
Usedom
Albanian acronym of the Kosovo Liberation Army
UÇK (Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës)
Austrian serial killer who started a literary career in prison, fascinating intellectuals and women (Johann “Jack”, 1950-94)
Unterweger
German site of a mid-air plane collision in 2002 (71 fatalities, plus an air traffic controller assassinated later)
Überlingen
British actor (two Academy Awards), director, author, and cosmopolitan (Sir Peter, 1921-2004)
Ustinov
The fight of the Netherlands for independence started with a 1579 treaty signed in this city
Utrecht
Italy’s last king, reigned for 34 days only in 1946
Umberto II
Small Norwegian island where a right-wing terrorist massacred 69 young people in 2011
Utøya
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