Statistics for Which Century? #2

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Event	Century	% Correct
The Black Death sweeps across Europe, killing millions	14th	96%
Joan of Arc is burned at the stake	15th	96%
James W. Marshall starts the California Gold Rush	19th	96%
The Great Depression starts on Black Tuesday	20th	93%
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin meet at the Conference of Yalta	20th	93%
Otto von Bismarck unites Germany under Prussian rule	19th	91%
Vasco da Gama becomes the first European to reach India by sea	15th	89%
Johannes Gutenberg invents his printing press	15th	89%
Hadrian's Wall is built to mark the Roman Empire's Northern border	2nd	89%
Henry VIII becomes the first Supreme Head of the Church of England	16th	87%
China and Britain fight the Opium Wars	19th	87%
Mount Vesuvius erupts, burying the city of Pompeii	1st	85%
Ferdinand Magellan starts his circumnavigation of the earth	16th	80%
Vincent van Gogh paints Starry Night	19th	76%
The prophet Mohammed, founder of Islam, is born	6th	76%
The Classic Period of Mayan Civilization ends mysteriously	9th	74%
The Civil War is fought in the United States	19th	67%
Church Father St. Augustine of Hippo dies	5th	67%
Rome is sacked by the Visigoths under King Alaric	5th	63%
The Declaration of Independence is signed, forming the USA	18th	50%
The Ottoman Empire is founded by Osman I	13th	48%
Genghis Khan reigns as Great Kahn of the Mongol Empire	13th	48%
The Battle of Hastings is won by William the Conqueror	11th	46%