Science-ish
In 2010 the remains of this “father of modern astronomy” were reburied in Poland with full Catholic honors.
Copernicus.
The first English child born in the Americas, she "disappeared" with the rest of the Roanoke colonists.
Virginia Dare.
In January 1536 this royal gave birth to a stillborn male child; by May she was deceased
Anne Boleyn
The ancient Assyrian capital of Nineveh was located at the intersection of trade routes on this river.
The Tigris.
In 1825 Charles X of France finally recognized this nation, 21 years after it declared its independence.
Haiti.
Greek historian is known as the “Father of History”
Herodotus
The son of slaves who taught himself to be a draftsman, Lewis Latimer drew the blueprints for this man's telephone patent, which won a patent race
Alexander Graham Bell
In 1797, Three French agents asked for a $250,000 bribe from the U.S. in what came to be known as this three-letter "Affair"
XYZ affair
Prospering under Tatar rule and expanding as it intersected trade routes, this city became a capital in the 15th century
Moscow
This empress of Mexico was a first cousin of Queen Victoria
Carlota
In 1202 Leonardo of Pisa urged the use of Arabic numerals including this one originally called a zephyrum & it caught on
Zero
The 80-mile-wide mona passage separates the Dominican Republic from this island
Puerto Rico
Westminster Abbey’s Coronation Chair included this 336-pound symbol in 1603 when James VI of Scotland became James I of England.
The Stone of Scone.
This company established in 1602 went on to establish trading posts on the Javanese shore
The Dutch East India Company
The O.A.S. was a secret French force that sought to prevent this African country from gaining independence
Algeria
Devised in 46 B.C. & named for a Roman leader it marked time for more than 1500 years before being replaced
The Julian Calendar
John T Scopes was ultimately found guilty of violating this Tennessee law
the Butler Act
During World War II, this queen of the Netherlands headed her government-in-exile from London
Wilhelmina
In May 2 1670 this enterprise was granted a charter to trade in furs & to colonize North America
The Hudson's Bay Company
This doctor lit up China as its provisional president in 1911
Sun Yat-sen
General relativity meant there must be these waves but they weren't directly detected until 2015 by the LIGO Observatory
Gravitational Waves
In 1919 it was not "Viva" but "Muera" this Mexican reformer, killed by an agent of Venustiano Carranza
Emiliano Zapata
The king isn't really escaping from the picture frame; it's this style meant to fool the eye
Trompe-l'œil
In the mid-1400s this Medici grandfather of Lorenzo the Magnificent headed the largest bank in Europe
Cosimo
In 1950, two years into his long dictatorship, he invaded South Korea
Kim Il-sung