Riddle Me This
In 1517, he did declare Indulgences & good works were unfair. With faith alone, salvation’s near, The Reformation’s birth was here!
Martin Luther
This Sun King ruled France for 72 years, famously declaring, “L’état, c’est moi.”
Louis XIV
This intellectual movement that emerged during the Renaissance emphasized the study of classical texts, individualism, and was pioneered by petrarch.
Humanism
The storming of this Parisian fortress on July 14, 1789, symbolized the start of the French Revolution.
Bastille
This 1853-1856 war was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, and the Ottoman Empire.
Crimean War
He wrote with wit and sharp critique, Against the church, he dared to speak. Candide’s tale and essays on toleration, He looked to england with admiration.
Voltaire
He abdicated during the Russian Revolution in 1917, ending 300 years of Romanov rule
Tsar Nicholas II
This 1534 law declared Henry VIII the Supreme Head of the Church of England, officially breaking from the Pope.
Act of Supremacy
This Enlightenment thinker argued for a "social contract" in which the government should protect the general will of the people.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (John Locke is also correct)
This country was invaded in 1939 by Germany and the Soviet Union, marking the start of World War II & end of appeasement.
Poland
Napoleon fell. kings on thrones again, Europe's map redrawn with metternich’s pen. At this meeting, a peace was made, but revolts would come, i’m afraid.
Congress of Vienna
This Spanish king oversaw the Spanish Inquisition and sent the ill-fated Spanish Armada to invade England.
Philip II
This ism, coined by Edmund Burke, emphasized tradition, monarchy, and opposition to rapid change.
Conservatism
Ho Chi Minh led the nationalist movement for this country’s independence from france that would eventually bring the United States Into the conflict
Vietnam
This conflict, rooted in religious tensions within the Holy Roman Empire, resulted in massive devastation and ended with the Peace of Westphalia.
Thirty Years War
A secret note across the sea, told Mexico to fight with Germany. But Britain saw and told the States, a truly global war, it creates.
Zimmerman Telegram
This Spanish general led a successful military coup in 1936, triggering the Spanish Civil War and eventually establishing a fascist dictatorship.
Fransisco Franco
This religious meeting in the 16th century reaffirmed Catholic doctrine in response to the Protestant Reformation.
Council of Trent
This mystic was said to have saved the Prince Alexei of Russia
Rasputin
During this 1805 battle, the british fleet led by admiral horatio nelson defeated the french navy, a loss for napoleon.
Battle of Trafalgar
A beeping sphere in outer space, it launched the world into a race. The Soviets cheered, the U.S. feared, as Cold War tensions reappeared.
Sputnik
The longest-reigning British monarch before Elizabeth II, she oversaw an empire on which the sun never set.
Queen Victoria
In 1556, this Holy Roman Emperor abdicated, dividing his vast Habsburg lands between his brother Ferdinand and his son Philip II.
Charles V
This 19th-century movement fought to expand voting rights in Britain, leading to reforms in 1832 and beyond.
Chartism
The Treaty of Nanking which was signed in 1824 ended this war and forced China to cede Hong Kong to Britain while opening ports to foreign trade.
Opium Wars