Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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1066 | William of Normandy defeats the Saxons led by Harold Godwinson and becomes King of England. | The Battle of Hastings | 92%
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1415 | An outnumbered English army composed mostly of longbowmen and led by Henry V wins a decisive victory against a French army. | The Battle of Agincourt | 72%
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1453 | The capital of the Byzantine Empire is captured by Mehmed II of the Ottoman empire. | The Siege of Constantinople | 64%
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732 | A Frankish army led my Charles Martel prevents further Muslim expansion into southern France | The Battle of Tours | 56%
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1429 | An English army attempts to capture a French city in this battle but are defeated by Joan of Arc. | The Siege of Orléans | 56%
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1066 | The Norwegian army led by Harald Hardrada is defeated in battle by the Saxons, leading to the end of the Viking Age. | The Battle of Stamford Bridge | 52%
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1485 | King Richard III is killed in this battle, leading to the beginning of the Tudor dynasty of England. | The Battle of Bosworth field. | 44%
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1071 | Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes is captured by the Seljuk Turks after half of his army deserts before this battle. | The Battle of Manzikert | 40%
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1346 | An English army defeats a French army supported by the Kingdom of Bohemia. Edward the Black Prince "earns his spurs." | The Battle of Crécy | 32%
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1389 | Ottoman forces engage a Serbian army. Both sides took catastrophic losses and would loose their leaders in the combat. | The Battle of Kosovo Polje | 28%
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1402 | Tamerlane defeats and captures Sultan Bayezid in battle. Following this defeat, the sons of Sultan Bayezid fight a civil war over the control of the Empire. | The Battle of Ankara | 24%
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1444 | A crusader army led by Wladyslaw III of Poland is crushed by Ottoman army led by Sultan Murad II. | The Battle of Varna | 24%
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1097 | A joint Byzantine-Crusader force recaptures this city. This battle is considered the first battle of the Crusades. | The Siege of Nicaea | 24%
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1396 | A crusading force composed of Germans, Hungarians, French, and many other Catholic European Kingdoms is defeated by Sultan Bayezid of the Ottoman Empire. | The Battle of Nicopolis | 20%
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1410 | A Polish-Lithuanian army defeats a Teutonic army led by Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen. | Battle of Grunwald | 16%
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1191 | Richard I of England staves off an attack by a numerically superior force led by Saladin. | The Battle of Arsuf | 16%
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1314 | Robert the Bruce defeats English King Edward II in this decisive battle, leading to the capture of Stirling Castle soon after. | The Battle of Bannockburn | 16%
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1298 | Edward I of England defeats William Wallace, forcing Wallace to resign his role as Guardian of Scotland. | The Battle of Falkirk | 16%
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1242 | Alexander Nevsky defeats a Teutonic force over a frozen lake. | The Battle on the Ice | 16%
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1205 | A Bulgarian army defeats the Latin Empire and captures their emperor. | The Battle of Adrianople | 12%
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1241 | A Hungarian army aided by the Knights Templar is defeated by a Mongol Force and loses most of their men. | The Battle of Mohi | 12%
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636 | A Byzantine army is utterly crushed by an army led by Khalid ibn al-Walid which leads to the Rashidun Caliphate's annexation of the Levant. | The Battle of Yarmuk | 12%
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1340 | Edward III defeats a French fleet, giving him control over the English channel and allowing him to land on French soil. | The Battle of Sluys | 8%
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911 | A viking army led by Rollo is defeated by the West Franks, who grant him the territory fo Normandy. | The Siege of Chartres | 8%
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