During this International War did the revolution take place.
What is World War I?
100
King Phillip II established this city as the capital of Spain in 1561.
What is Madrid?
100
The Norman conquest of England took place in this year.
What is 1066?
100
Elizabeth I was the last member of this notorious family.
Who are the Tudors?
100
England would not have spent almost 300 years as the world's most powerful Navy if not for this battle in 1588.
What is the Spanish Armada?
200
He ruled the USSR from 1927 to 1953 and was famous for his many 5 year plans.
Who is Stalin?
200
The Pere-Lachaise cemetery in this city house the graves of many famous people such as Oscar Wilde, Chopin, and Edith Piaf.
What is Paris?
200
In August of this year, Christopher Columbus began his journey to the new world.
What is 1492?
200
This family was powerful in Florence from the 13th to the 17th , some members even went of to become part of the ruling classes in England and France.
Who are the Medici?
200
The eccentric Napoleon was finally defeated by the English in this battle in 1815.
What is the battle of Waterloo?
300
This was the Tzarist family who ruled Russia for 300 years before the revolution.
Who are the Romanovs?
300
Checkpoint Charlie, a crossing used during the Cold War, was found in this city.
What is Berlin?
300
This is the "Date that will live in Infamy" according to FDR.
What is December 7, 1941?
300
This royal family began ruling in the 11th century and has had members of the ruling classes in almost every major European country. It was only in 2011 that the last member died.
Who are the Hapsburgs?
300
This siege is not famous only as victorious defeat of the English by the French during the Hundred Years War but also because of its leader--the saint and martyr Joan of Arc.
What is the siege of Orleans?
400
This Russian priest seemed to have many lives. He was poisoned, shot, and finally drowned on December 30, 1916.
Who is Rasputin?
400
There are more than 900 churches--all mostly Catholic--in this city.
What is Rome?
400
Mao Zedong took control of China in this year.
What is 1949?
400
This German family ruled England and its third king is responsible for losing the American colonies.
Who are the Hanovers?
400
This battle took place in 490 between the Greeks and the Persians. It is famous for the legend of a runner running all the way back to Athens from the battle site to proclaim Greece victorious.
What is the battle of Marathon?
500
The name of the political group that most of the revolutionaries belonged to.
What is the bolsheviks?
500
Karl Marx wrote his Communist Manifesto while exiled in this city.
What is Brussels?
500
King John signed the Magna Carta near Runnymede on June 15th of this year.
What is 1215?
500
This is the largest and oldest royal family in the western world. This present Kings of Spain and Luxembourg are members.
Who are the Capetians?
500
This defeat by the Russian of the Germans in 1942-43 could be said to be the turing point for World War II in Europe.