Event | Century | % Correct |
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William Shakespeare writes 'Romeo and Juliet' | 16th | 100%
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The Shah of Iran is overthrown during the Iranian Revolution | 20th | 91%
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The Colosseum is opened in Rome | 1st | 88%
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Charles Darwin writes 'On the Origin of Species' | 19th | 85%
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Queen Victoria is born in London | 19th | 83%
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Leif Erikson becomes the first European to reach North America | 11th | 82%
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Gunpowder is invented in China | 9th | 82%
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Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa | 16th | 80%
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The Incas build Machu Picchu in what is now Peru | 15th | 76%
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The Montgolfier brothers perform the first manned hot air balloon flight | 18th | 76%
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Emperor Diocletian splits the Roman Empire | 3rd | 73%
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Napoleon Bonaparte leads the French Empire in the Napoleonic Wars | 19th | 70%
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The Sultanate is abolished, ending the Ottoman Empire | 20th | 67%
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India becomes independent from the British Empire | 20th | 67%
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Attila the Hun, raider of the Roman Empire, dies | 5th | 67%
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York and London are raided by Vikings | 9th | 67%
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The Hagia Sophia is opened in Constantinople | 6th | 65%
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Michelangelo completes his statue of David | 16th | 62%
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The first written version of the epic poem Beowulf is made | 10th | 61%
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An assassination attempt against King James I, known as the Gunpowder plot, fails | 17th | 61%
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New Amsterdam, now known as New York City, is founded | 17th | 56%
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The Gupta Empire is established in India | 4th | 36%
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