15th/16th C.
In 1465 the archbishop of Mainz granted this printer an annual pension of grain wine & clothes
Who is Gutenberg
The Glorious Revolution of 1688 ended the rule of King James II & brought this pair to the English throne
Who are William and Mary?
From 1793 to 1794 the Committee of Public Safety ruled France with power in the hands of members of this club
What is the Jacobin?
In 1890 Wilhelm II forced the resignation of this notorious OVB who was not Prussian around much after that
Who is Otto Von Bismarck?
The Soviets chose June 1940 to take over the Baltics; world attention was elsewhere as this country fell the same week
What is France?
This post-medieval rebirth of classical learning revolutionized art & science
What is the Renaissance?
Once married to England's Queen Mary the II Spanish king of this name sent the Armada against England
Who is Philip II?
During France's Reign of Terror, this wax modeler was forced to make death masks of freshly guillotined heads
Who is Madame Tussaud?
He formed the Redshirts while fighting in South America before leading the group to Italy
Who is Giuseppe Garribaldi?
Name the three Axis Powers
What are Germany, Italy and Japan?
A group of loyal clergy & boyars called the Selected council helped this awful guy rule Russia in the 16th century
Who is Ivan the Terrible?
In 1658 this man's son Richard succeeded him as England's Lord Protector
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
Charlotte Corday was executed for taking the life of this French Revolutionary leader in his bathtub
Who is Jean Paul Marat?
Never one to do things small Napoleon in 1806 commissioned this 162'-high landmark as a memorial to his armies
What is the Arc de Triomphe?
On April 28 1945 this world leader very suddenly could no longer enjoy Italian food
Who is Benito Mussolini?
Due to landlords' oppression in 1524 German peasants were this--& to quote The Wizard of Id you can say that again
In 1669 after a 21-year siege the Ottomans won this Mediterranean island; it's now Greece's largest island
What is Crete?
King Charles XII of this nation was a boy military genius who won battles against Russia Poland & Denmark in the 1700s
What is Sweden?
In 1830 at age 72 this hero of the American Revolution played a key role in France's July Rev. that changed kings
Who is the Marquis de Lafayette?
The division of Ottoman lands was followed by the control of these lands by Britain and France after World War I in what the League of Nations referred to as this.
What is the Mandate System.
England had 3 kings in 1483: Edward IV Edward V & Richard III all members of this dynastic house
What is the House of York?
Around 1620 Cornelis Drebbel demonstrated the 1st workable submarine on this British river
What is the Thames?
The British captured this narrow peninsula in 1704; Spain has coveted it ever since
What is Gibraltar?
One way in which the Sepoy Rebellion in India and the Boxer Rebellion in China are similar is that both attempted to
remove foreign influences
What two nations formed a non-aggression pact in 1939 and what happened regarding that pact two years later in 1941?
What are Germany and the Soviet Union formed a non-aggression pact in 1939, and two years later, Germany invaded the Soviet Union.