Classical
Which Greek philosopher mentored Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
This Frankish Prince, grandfather to Charlemagne, defeated the Umayyad Caliphate at the Battle of Tours in 732 AD.
Charles Martel
This six-word English rhyme was created to remember the fates of Henry VIII's six wives.
Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived.
This inbred King of Spain died without an heir, leading to a war of succession in 1701.
Charles II
Who shot and killed the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in 1914?
Gavrilo Princip
What year was Rome founded?
753 BC
What year did William the Conqueror invade England?
1066 AD
What year did Constantinople fall to the Ottomans?
1453 AD
The Treaty of Westphalia, ending the Thirty Years War and broader European Wars of Religion, was signed in what year?
1648
On what date did Hitler invade Poland?
September 1st, 1939
Who was the Western Roman Emperor deposed by the Germanic Chief Odoacer in 476 AD?
Romulus Augustus
Son of Sigurd Ring, this Viking died from being thrown into a pit of vipers by the King of Northumbria around 865 AD.
Ragnar Lothbrok
Who posted his Ninety-five Theses on a church door in Wittenberg, Germany October 31, 1517?
Martin Luther
What was the largest battle in terms of manpower during the Napoleonic Wars, and the largest battle in European history up to that point?
The Battle of Nations, Leipzig 1813
This battle in 1941, resulted in the largest encirclement in military history, entrapping 452,700 soldiers.
The Battle of Kiev
The father of which Jewish King fought with Julius Caesar at the Battle of the Nile in 47 BC.
Herod the Great
This 16-year-old King of Jerusalem defeated Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard in 1177, despite suffering from leprosy.
Baldwin IV
Queen Isabella of Castile married which King to unify Spain in 1479 AD?
King Ferdinand of Aragon
Who was the longest reigning monarch in recorded history?
This naval battle in October 1944 is the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved.
The Battle of Leyte Gulf
Which Diadochi died at the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC?
Antigonus I Monophthalmus
How many years long was the Hundred Years War, ending in 1453?
116
This Italian Duke, and son of Pope Alexander VI, was named by Machiavelli as the ideal prince in his book The Prince.
Cesare Borgia
This 18-year-old King of Sweden defeated the Russian Empire under Peter the Great at the Battle of Narva in 1700, despite being outnumbered over 3 to 1.
Charles XII, Carolus Rex
This British raid in 1940 known as Operation Judgement, destroyed the Italian fleet docked at which city's port?
Taranto