Year
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Question
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Answer
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1502
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First reported _______ slaves in the New World
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African
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1503
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Leonardo __ _____ begins painting the Mona Lisa
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Da Vinci
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1508
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____________ begins painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling
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Michelangelo
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1512
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__________ proclaims the sun as the centre of the universe
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Copernicus
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1517
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The __________ Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses
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Protestant
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1519
|
Hernan ______ leads the Spanish conquest of Mexico
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Cortes
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1531
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The Church of England breaks away from the Roman Catholic Church, with King _____ VIII as the head of the church
|
Henry
|
1532
|
Francisco _______ leads the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
|
Pizarro
|
1547
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____ the Terrible is crowned as the first tsar of Russia
|
Ivan
|
1564
|
Birth of William ___________
|
Shakespeare
|
1569
|
The ________ projection is published, a version of the world map
|
Mercator
|
1577
|
Sir Francis _____ begins circling the world
|
Drake
|
1582
|
Pope _______ XIII issues the Gregorian calendar
|
Gregory
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1605
|
Guy Fawkes' _________ plot fails in England
|
Gunpowder
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1611
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First publication of the King James _____
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Bible
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1632
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The building of the ___ _____ begins in Agra, India
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Taj Mahal
|
1636
|
_______ University is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
Harvard
|
1641
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Rene _________ publishes 'Meditations on First Philosophy'
|
Descartes
|
1663
|
Robert Hooke discovers _____ using a microscope
|
Cells
|
1665
|
The Great ______ of London
|
Plague
|
1666
|
The Great ____ of London
|
Fire
|
1687
|
Isaac ______ publishes Principia Mathematica
|
Newton
|
1721
|
Robert _______ becomes the first Prime Minister of Great Britain
|
Walpole
|
1756
|
The _____ Years' War is fought among European powers
|
Seven
|
1769
|
James ____ explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
|
Cook
|
1773
|
Boston ___ Party
|
Tea
|
1776
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Declaration of ____________ is signed in Philadelphia
|
Independence
|
1787
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The United States ____________ is submitted to the states for ratification
|
Constitution
|
1789
|
George __________ is elected first president of the US
|
Washington
|
1789
|
Beginning of the ______ Revolution
|
French
|
1796
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________ Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander
|
Napoleon
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