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Comprehensive History General Knowledge

General history questions from medieval times to present.
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Operation to evacuate Dunkirk, 1940
Dynamo
Kentish peasant of the English Peasants' Revolt
Wat Tyler
Priestly leader of the English Peasants' Revolt
John Ball
Hometown of the above person
Colchester
English king during the English Peasants' Revolt
Richard II
Coined the term "military-industrial complex"
Dwight Eisenhower
Henry VIII's fifth wife
Catherine Howard
Solver of the Gordian Knot
Alexander the Great
Henry VIII's court painter
Hans Holbein
Introductory year of the first automatic transmission
1940
British political scandal that involved osteopath Steven Ward
Profumo affair
"Battle of the Nations" took place here, 1813
Leipzig
Won independence from Ottoman Empire, 1830
Greece
Founder of Lollardism
John Wycliffe
Mansa Musa's kingdom
Mali
The Holy League's victorious naval battle against the Ottoman Empire
Lepanto
Contrary to popular belief, this city's naval guns weren't pointing the wrong way
Singapore
Only assassinated British PM
Spencer Perceval
Spanish colonization system used in South America
Encomienda
Another name for Uluru
Ayers Rock
Killed in an Cholame car crash, 1955
James Dean
Standard issue German rifle during World War Two
Karabiner 98 kurz
Venetian Doge from 1455 to 1538
Andrea Gritti
Successor to Ivan IV Rurikovich
Fyodor I
Name of an Egyptian city or Las Vegas hotel
Luxor
Lower house of the Polish parliament
Sejm
Hung the lanterns in the Old North Church
Robert Newman
Hung Jesus on the cross
Pontius Pilate
Scuttled in Montevideo harbor, 1939
Admiral Graf Spee
Type of ship of the above
Cruiser
Dynasty of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Hohenstaufen
Location of Prince Charles' investiture, 1969
Caernarfon Castle
Hutu president during the Rwandan genocide
Juvénal Habyarimana
Recipient of the phrase "We only have to be lucky once. You will have to be lucky always."
Margaret Thatcher
King whose death sparked the War of the Spanish Succession
Charles II
Founder of the Knights Templar
Hugh of Payns
Occupation of Jesus' father
Carpenter
Riot let by Paul Bogle in Jamaica, 1865
Morant Bay Rebellion
Founder of the Ayyubid dynasty
Saladin
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