January in History
Portuguese explorers landed at Guanabara Bay on the coast of South America on January 1st, 1502, and named it this.
What is Rio de Janeiro?
This Spartan King famously led his forces against the Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae.
Who was Leonidas?
This president was the only one to appoint his brother to a cabinet post.
Who was John F. Kennedy?
This Burmese diplomat was the first non-Scandanavian to become Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Who was U Thant?
It was at this battle that American General George A. Custer made his “Last Stand.”
What was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
On January 4th, 1790 President George Washington delivered this speech which would become an annual message delivered by the president to a joint session of the United States Congress.
What is the State of the Union?
Ancient Mesopotamia lies between these two rivers.
What are the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers?
This president was the first to live in the White House.
Who was John Adams?
This Japanese Shogun founded the Shogunate that ended in 1868 by the Meiji Restoration.
Who was Tokugawa Leyasu?
This series of events took place in the immediate aftermath of Alexander the Great’s death between his top generals.
What were the wars of the Diadochi?
This state became the third to secede from the Union on January 10th, 1861.
What is Florida?
Sobek, an Egyptian god associated with fertility and military prowess is depicted as the head of this animal.
What is a Crocodile?
The only president to have served two non-consecutive terms.
Who was Grover Cleveland?
This Mughal emperor constructed the famous Taj Mahal in memory of his wife.
Who was Shah Jahan?
In the year 208, this famous sea battle shattered the hopes of Chinese warlord Cao Cao to unify China under his reign.
What was the Battle of the Red Cliffs (Battle of Chibi)?
The Khmer Rouge led by Pol Pot announced a new constitution in Cambodia on January 5th, 1976, and renamed the country to this.
What is Kampuchea?
Vespasian was the last Roman Emperor in 69 AD, known as the year of this many emperors.
What was the Year of Four Emperors?
This president is said to have slept up to 11 hours a day due to chronic depression.
Who was Calvin Coolidge?
This Mongolian ruler founded the Mongol capital city of Karakorum and decisively defeated the last armies of the Chinese Jin dynasty.
Who was Ogedei Khan?
Throughout the early 1970s, American bombing and sabotage campaigns against the Communist regime of the Lao People’s Party was (is) commonly given this name.
What was the Secret War?
This President survived the first assassination attempt on a U.S. president on January 30th of a certain year.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This group constituted the earliest known civilization in Mesoamerica.
Who were the Olmecs?
Sixteen years after leaving office, this president was elected to serve in the Confederate House of Representatives.
Who was John Tyler?
One of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world, the Borobudur Temple was constructed by the emperors of this dynasty.
What was the Syailendra Dynasty?
This battle of the Korean War began with an American attack codenamed “Operation Showdown.”
What was the Battle of Triangle Hill (Shangganling?)