Statistics for Most important events by year 1801-1900

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Year	Hint	Answer	% Correct
1802	This famous politician and general is declared dictator of France.	Napoleon	88%
1812	Napoleon's empire invades this country in the winter.	Russia	84%
1828	This country declares war on Turkey.	Russia	84%
1867	The United States buys this huge territory from Russia.	Alaska	82%
1803	This massive territory is sold to the United States from France.	Louisiana Territory	82%
1815	Napoleon Bonaparte is finally defeated in this battle.	Waterloo	82%
1809	This Nordic country declares independence from Sweden.	Finland	76%
1849	A gold rush attracts thousands of people to this US territory.	California	73%
1833	This massive globe spanning empire abolishes slavery.	The British Empire	73%
1865	This American president is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.	Abraham Lincoln	71%
1839	China declares war on the British over the introduction of this drug.	Opium	71%
1837	This famous queen inherits the English throne.	Queen Victoria	71%
1816	A volcanic eruption causes it to snow, in july, in this state.	Massachusetts	69%
1817	A stock exchange is founded in this American city.	New York City	69%
1869	This canal is constructed in Egypt.	Suez Canal	69%
1807	Legal slave shipping across this ocean is abolished.	Atlantic Ocean	67%
1866	This country is defeated in a brief war by Prussia and Italy.	Austria	67%
1848	Revolutions arise in many countries on this continent.	Europe	67%
1836	This Mexican territory declares it's independence.	Texas	67%
1801	This religious group is excluded from voting in Britain.	Catholics	65%
1824	This Latin American war-hero liberates Peru.	Simon Bolivar	65%
1829	This hugely influential transportation device is developed.	The Railroad	65%
1846	Mexico is invaded by this country	The United States	65%
1814	British troops march into Washington DC and burn this building.	The White House	65%
1884	Most of this continent is carved up by European colonial powers.	Africa	63%
1806	This ancient empire in central Europe is dissolved.	Holy Roman Empire	63%
1841	This pacific nation becomes a British colony, sort of.	New Zealand	63%
1808	Napoleon invades this country, causing it's empire to fall apart.	Spain	63%
1804	This American founding father is shot dead by Aaron Burr.	Alexander Hamilton	61%
1830	This new kingdom becomes independent from the Netherlands.	Belgium	61%
1859	This scientist proposes the theory of evolution.	Charles Darwin	61%
1871	This new European country is united and absorbs Prussia.	Germany	61%
1843	This Chinese city is proclaimed a British crown colony.	Hong Kong	61%
1810	This former Spanish colony begins it's war for independence.	Mexico	61%
1880	Construction on this trans-oceanic canal begins.	Panama Canal	61%
1819	This British imperial port city is established near Malaysia.	Singapore	61%
1825	This country separates from Peru.	Bolivia	59%
1897	Bolivia and Peru declare war on this country.	Chile	59%
1900	This former island kingdom becomes an American territory.	Hawaii	59%
1844	A failure of this crop causes a deadly famine in Ireland.	Potato	59%
1835	Charles Darwin and the HMS Beagle visit these islands.	The Galapagos	59%
1831	This South American country is split into Colombia and Venezuela.	Gran Colombia	57%
1847	Pilgrims following this new religion flee to modern day Utah.	Mormonism	57%
1864	Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay invade this country.	Paraguay	57%
1805	Lord Nelson defeats Napoleon in this famous battle.	Battle of Trafalgar	55%
1857	A rebellion against British rule takes place in this country.	India	55%
1821	The United States establishes this African haven for freed slaves.	Liberia	55%
1822	This Frenchman discovers the process of Pasteurization	Louis Pasteur	55%
1879	"Thomas Edison" invents this.	The Lightbulb	55%
1876	Alexander Gram Bell invents this.	The Telephone	55%
1888	This becomes the last South American nation to abolish slavery.	Brazil	53%
1872	This becomes the world's first national park.	Yellowstone	53%
1811	Spanish troops withdraw from this rebelling country.	Venezuela	49%
1863	This key battle occurs in Pennsylvania in the American civil war.	Gettysburg	47%
1894	China goes to war with this nearby country.	Japan	47%
1838	Rebellions in this British colony achieve responsible government.	Canada	45%
1899	The Boxer rebellion occurs in this country.	China	45%
1853	Russia tries to annex this Ottoman peninsula.	The Crimea	45%
1896	The first of these modern events is held in Athens, Greece.	The Olympics	45%
1840	This landmass is officially identified as a new Continent.	Antarctica	43%
1827	This prophet translates a gold tablet into the book of Mormon.	Joseph Smith	43%
1820	This territory becomes a slave state as part of a US compromise.	Missouri	43%
1852	This independent republic is established by the Boers.	South Africa	43%
1885	This central African region falls under direct Belgian control.	The Congo	43%
1823	This doctrine forbids any European expansion into the Americas.	Monroe Doctrine	41%
1861	This new government is formed out of the rebelling US slave states.	The Confederacy	41%
1858	This British company ceases to dominate Indian politics.	East India company	39%
1860	This American state secedes from the union.	South Carolina	39%
1870	The Italian peninsula is unified after Italy absorbs this city state.	Rome	35%
1887	The world fair is held underneath this massive Parisian structure.	The Eiffel Tower.	35%
1883	This volcano erupts in Indonesia, impacting the entire world.	Mount Krakatoa	33%
1893	New Zealand becomes the first country to grant women this right.	Vote	33%
1834	Charles Babbage invents a crude prototype of this machine.	The Computer	31%
1877	This "recovery" phase in American history ends.	Reconstruction	29%
1873	This standard of currency value is established in several countries.	Gold Standard	27%
1895	Gugliemo Marconi invents this	The Radio	27%
1855	Violent armed clashes erupt in this American territory.	Kansas	25%
1813	This becomes the largest battle in Europe prior to WWI.	Leipzig	25%
1881	This progressive Russian czar is assassinated.	Alexander II	24%
1878	This country becomes independent from the Ottoman empire.	Romania	20%
1898	The United States blames Spain for destroying this battleship.	The Maine	20%
1868	This amendment, granting citizenship to blacks, becomes law.	14th amendment	18%
1826	Joseph Niepce invents this.	The Photograph	18%
1891	The Russians begin construction on this continent spanning railway.	Trans-Siberian Rail	18%
1850	This christian revolution tries to overthrow the Chinese government.	Taiping Rebellion	16%
1882	Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary form this alliance.	Triple Alliance	16%
1854	This amount of British light-brigade troops are famously killed .	600	14%
1862	This American civil war battle prevents Britain from siding with the south.	Antietam	12%
1856	William Walker is overthrown after taking over this country.	Nicaragua	12%
1889	The second socialist international is founded in this city.	Paris	12%
1832	The British empire clears out the native population of this island.	Tasmania	12%
1892	The first of this type of engine is patented.	Diesel	8%
1886	A terrorist attack in this Chicago square kills seven policemen.	Haymarket square	8%
1851	DR John Gorrie patents this now common household machine.	A Refrigerator	6%
1874	The presently-active constitution of this country is signed.	Switzerland	6%
1842	Crawford Long develops the first of this type of painkiller.	Anesthetic	4%
1890	This German prime minister resigns.	Otto von Bismark	4%
1845	British diplomats and Maori chieftains sign a treaty at this location.	Waitangi	4%
1818	This great lake becomes international territory, reducing tensions.	Lake Champlain	2%
1875	This area rebels against the Ottoman empire.	Herzegovinia	0%