| The 1840 Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement between the British government & these native people of New Zealand |
the Maori |
200 |
May 25, 2020 |
| The black death that killed more than a third of the population of Europe in the 1300s was an epidemic of this infectious disease |
bubonic plague |
400 |
May 25, 2020 |
| He & his squadron showed up in Uraga Harbor in 1853, & Japan was soon forced to open its ports to U.S. ships |
(Commodore) Admiral Perry |
600 |
May 25, 2020 |
| After escaping from gladiator training school, he led fellow runaway slaves in the Third Servile War |
Spartacus |
800 |
May 25, 2020 |
| From a word for "merchant", this econ. system big in the 1600s was about a favorable balance of trade & amassing precious metal |
mercantilism |
1000 |
May 25, 2020 |
| At its peak in the 5th century, this Hun's empire stretched from the Rhine & Danube Rivers to the Caspian Sea |
Attila |
200 |
January 1, 2019 |
| In 1869 the discovery of diamonds near what became the town of Kimberley in this nation led to quite a rush |
South Africa |
400 |
January 1, 2019 |
| A church in Greenland dating from around 1000 A.D. is named for Thjodhild, wife & mom of these 2 famous explorers |
Erik and Leif Erikson |
600 |
January 1, 2019 |
| Seen here in its launch year of 1954 is the U.S.S. Nautilus, the world's first one of these |
a nuclear submarine |
1000 |
January 1, 2019 |
| Paris' Museum of Jewish Art & History has the stripes that were unjustly pulled off the uniform of this capt. in 1895 |
Alfred Dreyfus |
|
January 1, 2019 |
| Meaning "separateness", it was the official policy of racial segregation in South Africa until the '90s |
apartheid |
200 |
September 19, 2018 |
| The start of the Persian Gulf War in January 1991 was known as Operation this |
Desert Storm |
400 |
September 19, 2018 |
| This empire that reached its height under Suleyman came to an end in 1922 |
the Ottoman Empire |
600 |
September 19, 2018 |
| During the 1970s Cambodia was ruled by this radical Communist party |
the Khmer Rouge |
800 |
September 19, 2018 |
| Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great & Marcus Licinius Crassus were the 3 men who made up the first this |
the triumvirate |
1000 |
September 19, 2018 |
| Around 200 B.C. an anonymous Chinese innovator froze rice, milk & spices in a paste, creating a type of this dessert |
ice cream |
200 |
June 19, 2018 |
| In 1202 Leonardo of Pisa urged the use of Arabic numerals including this one originally called a zephyrum & it caught on |
zero |
400 |
June 19, 2018 |
| Around 1450 printer Wynken de Worde printed an early story of this legendary outlaw & forest dweller |
Robin Hood |
600 |
June 19, 2018 |
| Heads up! Or off! the Reign of Terror ended in July 1794 with this man's execution |
Robespierre |
1000 |
June 19, 2018 |
| After a long journey, this was signed Nov. 21, 1620 to ensure the enactment of "just & equal laws" |
the Mayflower Compact |
|
June 19, 2018 |
| This Spanish conquistador credited God & horses for his conquest of the Aztecs |
Hernan Cortes |
200 |
June 6, 2018 |
| This historically higher-status people of Rwanda became the victim of genocide in the 1990s |
the Tutsi |
400 |
June 6, 2018 |
| In 1958 crisis ensued when mainland China tried to seize Quemoy & Matsu, part of this island's territory |
Taiwan |
600 |
June 6, 2018 |
| This bonnie hopeful to the throne spent less than 18 months in the British Isles in his life, 1720 to 1788 |
the bonnie Prince Charlie |
800 |
June 6, 2018 |
| In the 400s B.C. Greek cities like Thebes & Megara had not a monarchy but this form of rule by a small group |
an oligarchy |
|
June 6, 2018 |
| The 1360 Treaty of Bretigny in which France agreed to pay a ransom for King John II created a temporary peace in this war |
the Hundred Years War |
200 |
December 27, 2013 |
| He's depicted here dealing with a tough knot In one of the storied moments of his career. |
Alexander the Great |
400 |
December 27, 2013 |
| In 219 B.C. this Carthaginian attacked the Roman ally of Saguntum in Spain, & Rome soon declared war. |
Hannibal |
600 |
December 27, 2013 |
| A 1987 wave of violent Palestinian unrest Is known as the first this, from Arabicfor "shaking off." |
intifada |
800 |
December 27, 2013 |
| Before the Aztec, the prior great Mexican civilization was of these other people in -tec support |
Toltecs |
1000 |
December 27, 2013 |
| This ancient city grew powerful in part because the Tiber provides a convenient route to the sea 15 miles away |
Rome |
200 |
July 12, 2011 |
| In 1871 the Treaty of Frankfurt ended the war between France & this German state, led by Bismarck |
Prussia |
400 |
July 12, 2011 |
| This Cairo square was the heart of the 18 days of protest that toppled Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak in 2011 |
Tahrir Square |
600 |
July 12, 2011 |
| Zinoviev & Pyatakov were 2 victims of the 1930s proceedings called these trials due to their being public |
show trials |
800 |
July 12, 2011 |
| In 1819 Sir Stamford Raffles of this company established a post at Singapore Harbor for Britain |
the British East India Company |
1000 |
July 12, 2011 |
| Have you heard the latest buzz? The Mayans domesticated this native insect |
the bee |
200 |
June 9, 2008 |
| Thessaly, the land from which this Argonaut leader set out, also had a 4th century B.C. ruler of that name |
Jason |
400 |
June 9, 2008 |
| In 1950, 2 years into his long dictatorship, he invaded South Korea |
Kim Il-sung |
600 |
June 9, 2008 |
| (Sarah of the Clue Crew narrates from Lima, Peru.) The Plaza Mayor, Lima's main square since colonial days, was used for executions during the time of this tribunal that began in Peru around 1568 |
the Inquisition |
800 |
June 9, 2008 |
| In 601 the Lombards destroyed this Italian city, home to a shrewish Kate, but it made a quick comeback |
Padua |
1000 |
June 9, 2008 |
| In 1271 he left Venice for the Far East with his father & uncle; 24 years later, he finally made it back home |
Marco Polo |
200 |
May 27, 2008 |
| On Feb. 18, 2008 the U.S. recognized this new Balkan state |
Kosovo |
400 |
May 27, 2008 |
| In a 1587 edict, Boris Godunov bound these to the land they worked on by forbidding their trade |
serfs |
600 |
May 27, 2008 |
| Cities like Copan thrived in this Mesoamerican civilization's Classic Period, until about 900 |
the Maya |
800 |
May 27, 2008 |
| J.J. Dessalines, who bore scars from his master's whip, wanted to kill all whites on his island, now called this |
Hispaniola |
1000 |
May 27, 2008 |
| The Geneva Accords of 1954 split this SE Asian country in 2 at 17 degrees North latitude |
Vietnam |
200 |
April 28, 2008 |
| In 73 B.C. this Thracian gladiator began a 2-year slave revolt against Roman rule |
Spartacus |
400 |
April 28, 2008 |
| During World War II, this queen of the Netherlands headed her government-in-exile from London |
Wilhelmina |
800 |
April 28, 2008 |
| In 1923 France & Belgium occupied this German industrial region named for a Rhine tributary |
the Ruhr |
1000 |
April 28, 2008 |
| Called the "Sick Man of Europe" in the early 20th century, this empire collapsed just after WWI |
the Ottoman Empire |
|
April 28, 2008 |
| In July 1962 this Soviet leader began building missile sites in Cuba; in October, the U.S. noticed them |
Khrushchev |
200 |
March 26, 2007 |
| Government House in Nassau has a statue of this man believed to have first made landfall in the Bahamas |
Columbus |
400 |
March 26, 2007 |
| In 1200 Africa's Shona people had a mighty city called "Great" this, adopted in 1979 as Rhodesia's new name |
Zimbabwe |
600 |
March 26, 2007 |
| More than a million died in this country's civil war that ended with the death of Carranza in 1920 |
Mexico |
800 |
March 26, 2007 |
| In 1793 the Committee of Public Safety would try people & execute them by this method all in the same day |
the guillotine |
1000 |
March 26, 2007 |
| The city of Leipzig, now in this country, was the site of an 1813 battle called the greatest clash of arms before WWI |
Germany |
200 |
February 1, 2007 |
| In the first major charity event of its kind, a concert was held Aug. 1, 1971 to raise money for this country |
Bangladesh |
400 |
February 1, 2007 |
| Ruling from 1764 to 1795, Stanislaus II was the last king of this country |
Poland |
600 |
February 1, 2007 |
| In 1910 Korea was annexed by this country that held it for the next 35 years |
Japan |
800 |
February 1, 2007 |
| In the 1939-1940 "Winter War", the vast Soviet war machine was unleashed against this smaller country |
Finland |
|
February 1, 2007 |
| This pair fled the Battle of Actium soon after fighting began, & their forces surrendered to Marcus Agrippa |
Antony and Cleopatra |
200 |
January 13, 2005 |
| Around 981 this explorer was banned from Iceland for 3 years for killing a neighbor in a feud |
Erik the Red |
400 |
January 13, 2005 |
| In 1969 West Irians voted to remain a part of this nation, & the U.N. recognized its control of Irian Jaya |
Indonesia |
800 |
January 13, 2005 |
| The last of Henry VIII's wives to be beheaded, she was accused of adultery & 2 of her lovers were beheaded as well |
Catherine Howard |
1000 |
January 13, 2005 |
| From Aug. 19 to 21, 1991, this leader was placed under house arrest during an attempted coup by hardliners |
(Mikhail) Gorbachev |
|
January 13, 2005 |
| He was tutored by Aristotle, tamed Bucephalus & cut the Gordian Knot; then after lunch... |
Alexander the Great |
100 |
October 24, 2000 |
| Exactly 600 years after the Norman Conquest, London suffered through plague & this other major disaster |
the Great Fire of London |
200 |
October 24, 2000 |
| While trying to figure out why there were 2 of these, the 1409 Council of Pisa elected a third one |
popes |
300 |
October 24, 2000 |
| In February 1961 violence erupted in this Portuguese possession in West Africa |
Angola |
500 |
October 24, 2000 |
| In 1864 the first Red Cross conference was convened in this city |
Geneva, Switzerland |
|
October 24, 2000 |
| For most of the 15th century this Indian empire ruled over what's now Mexico |
Aztec Empire |
100 |
November 1, 1999 |
| No one really knows what this French girl, who saved Orleans, looked like; maybe like Leelee Sobieski or Milla Jovovich |
Joan of Arc |
200 |
November 1, 1999 |
| In 71 B.C. Spartacus led a slave revolt against this empire |
Roman Empire |
300 |
November 1, 1999 |
| Queen Victoria's prime minister 2nd Viscount Melbourne had a city in this country named for him in 1837 |
Australia |
400 |
November 1, 1999 |
| Catherine of Aragon, a daughter of Ferdinand & Isabella, married this British king |
Henry VIII |
500 |
November 1, 1999 |
| The people were seeking guns & gunpowder when they stormed this Paris landmark July 14, 1789 |
the Bastille |
100 |
June 30, 1999 |
| The Tokugawa shogungate ruled this country from 1603 to 1867 |
Japan |
200 |
June 30, 1999 |
| This Venetian arrived at the Chinese court in 1275 with his father & uncle |
Marco Polo |
300 |
June 30, 1999 |
| On Feb. 10, 1840 Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha married her |
Victoria |
400 |
June 30, 1999 |
| 1 of the 3 former Soviet satellites that joined NATO in 1999 |
(1 of 3) Czech Republic, Hungary, or Poland |
500 |
June 30, 1999 |
| This Navy commander flew from a base at Little America to the South Pole & back Nov. 28-29, 1929 |
Admiral Richard Byrd |
100 |
May 26, 1999 |
| Accused of accepting bribes, Francis Bacon was imprisoned in this forbidding complex in 1621 |
Tower of London |
200 |
May 26, 1999 |
| More than 250,000 died in fighting before France granted this African nation independence July 3, 1962 |
Algeria |
300 |
May 26, 1999 |
| In 1784 she founded the city of Sevastopol in her new domain of the Crimea |
Catherine the Great |
400 |
May 26, 1999 |
| This Portuguese "Admiral of the Indian Seas" discovered & named the Amirante Islands |
Vasco da Gama |
500 |
May 26, 1999 |
| In 1934 & 1935 this Chinese Communist leader led the Red Army on the "Long March" |
Mao Tse-tung |
100 |
December 4, 1997 |
| In 1826 this Low Country established its first tea plantations on Java |
The Netherlands (Holland) |
200 |
December 4, 1997 |
| Before the Battle of Trafalgar, he told his fleet, "England expects every man will do his duty" |
Lord Nelson |
300 |
December 4, 1997 |
| Stephen I, the son of a Magyar prince, became king of this country in 1000 A.D. |
Hungary |
400 |
December 4, 1997 |
| In 1920 the League of Nations gave this country a mandate to administer the territory of Namibia |
South Africa |
500 |
December 4, 1997 |
| When Ferdinand VII died in 1833, his 3-year-old daughter Isabella II ascended this country's throne |
Spain |
100 |
October 17, 1997 |
| In 1191 this "Lion-Hearted" king of England captured Cyprus & Acre during the Crusades |
Richard I |
200 |
October 17, 1997 |
| In 1584 William I of Orange was assassinated in this Dutch city known for its blue & white pottery |
Delft |
400 |
October 17, 1997 |
| This battleship on which the WWII Japanese surrender terms were signed saw combat during the Gulf War |
U.S.S. Missouri |
500 |
October 17, 1997 |
| This dictator's last battle was his defeat of Pompey's sons at Munda in 45 B.C. |
Julius Caesar |
|
October 17, 1997 |
| Wheat was introduced to the New World by this explorer in 1493 |
Christopher Columbus |
100 |
July 2, 1997 |
| On Sept. 3, 1996 the U.S. launched cruise missiles against this country for attacking Kurd territory |
Iraq |
200 |
July 2, 1997 |
| Last name of the brothers who made an overland trek in the 1260s from Bukhara, Uzbekistan to China |
Polo |
300 |
July 2, 1997 |
| This personal guard of Roman emperors consisted of 9 cohorts of 1,000 soldiers each |
the Praetorian Guard |
400 |
July 2, 1997 |
| In April 1992 Pres. Alberto Fujimori suspended this country's constitution & dissolved the legislature |
Peru |
500 |
July 2, 1997 |
| Wladyslaw Gomulka was first secretary of this country's Communist party from 1956-1970 |
Poland |
100 |
April 22, 1997 |
| In 1517 the Ottoman Turks took this country & put a pasha in power; today a Mubarak rules |
Egypt |
200 |
April 22, 1997 |
| In 1740 he became king of Prussia & elector of Brandenburg |
Frederick the Great |
300 |
April 22, 1997 |
| This Russian czar spent the last few years of his life composing a list of people he had murdered |
Ivan the Terrible |
400 |
April 22, 1997 |
| In 1513 this Spaniard made the first recorded European exploration of what is now the U.S. mainland |
Ponce de Leon |
500 |
April 22, 1997 |
| This country's King Louis IV was nicknamed "Louis from Overseas" because he was raised in England |
France |
100 |
December 17, 1996 |
| William Laud, an archbishop of this who opposed the Puritans, was beheaded on Tower Hill in 1645 |
Canterbury |
200 |
December 17, 1996 |
| The first of this Mongol conqueror's many wives was Borte, to whom he was betrothed as a child |
Genghis Khan |
300 |
December 17, 1996 |
| Born in 12 A.D., this cruel & unbalanced Roman emperor was a great-grandson of Mark Antony |
Caligula |
400 |
December 17, 1996 |
| The Portuguese captured Muscat, now the capital of this sultanate, c. 1508 but were driven out in 1650 |
Oman |
500 |
December 17, 1996 |
| In 1949 this city became the capital of the Nationalist Chinese government |
Taipei |
100 |
September 20, 1996 |
| A Finnish statesman gave his name to the Mannerheim Line in Finland's 1939 was against this country |
the Soviet Union (Russia) |
200 |
September 20, 1996 |
| In 1599 Richard & Cuthbert Burbage built this famous theatre |
the Globe |
300 |
September 20, 1996 |
| In the 16th century Peru was called New Castile & Mexico was called this |
New Spain |
400 |
September 20, 1996 |
| This future president led the 1952 military coup that forced Farouk's abdication |
Nasser |
500 |
September 20, 1996 |
| It officially ended September 2, 1945 |
World War II |
100 |
September 11, 1996 |
| From about 460 to 429 B.C., Pericles was the undisputed leader of this city |
Athens |
200 |
September 11, 1996 |
| In 1137 she inherited the duchy of Aquitaine |
Eleanor |
300 |
September 11, 1996 |
| After its expulsion, this family returned to power in Florence under the 1529 Treaty of Barcelona |
the Medicis |
400 |
September 11, 1996 |
| The Irish Republican Army evolved from the Irish Volunteers, a group who planned this 1916 rebellion |
the Easter Rebellion |
500 |
September 11, 1996 |
| In 1785 this future French emperor graduated from military school in Paris, 42nd in his class of 58 |
Napoleon |
100 |
September 3, 1996 |
| Barons & churchmen drew up this 1215 document to reduce the power of England's King John |
The <i>Magna Carta</i> |
200 |
September 3, 1996 |
| In 1519 he & his men landed at Tabasco & began the Spanish conquest of Mexico |
Cortes |
300 |
September 3, 1996 |
| In 1936 Italy conquered this Ethiopian capital & Haile Selassie fled to Great Britain |
Addis Ababa |
400 |
September 3, 1996 |
| In this mid-1930s this U.S. naval officer chartered the Edsel Ford mountains in Antarctica |
(Admiral) Byrd |
500 |
September 3, 1996 |
| When Abel Tasman discovered this island in 1642, he called it Van Diemen's Land |
Tasmania |
100 |
September 2, 1996 |
| The Chinese plan called the Great Leap Forward was initiated by this leader in 1958 |
Mao Tse-tung |
200 |
September 2, 1996 |
| In 1986 this dictator fled Haiti, ending 28 years of rule by his family |
Baby Doc Duvalier |
300 |
September 2, 1996 |
| In 405 B.C. Spartan commander Lysander won the final victory over the Athenians in this war |
the Peloponnesian War |
400 |
September 2, 1996 |
| In 1358 Lubeck, on the Baltic coast, became the headquarters of this league |
the Hanseatic League |
500 |
September 2, 1996 |
| In 1975 this Cuban-leader sent several thousand troops to Angola |
Fidel Castro |
100 |
May 8, 1996 |
| When Mussolini came to power in the 1920s, he abolished all political parties in Italy except this one |
Fascist |
200 |
May 8, 1996 |
| In 1976 this Libyan leader put forth his principles of Arab nationalism in "The Green Book" |
Qadhafi |
400 |
May 8, 1996 |
| Goncalo Cabral claimed the Azores for this country in 1431 & the islands were soon colonized |
Portugal |
500 |
May 8, 1996 |
| In 1975 Imelda Marcos became the first governor of the metropolitan area of this capital |
Manila |
|
May 8, 1996 |
| At the time of the Spanish conquest, this empire occupied parts of Peru, Argentina, Chile & other countries |
Incan |
100 |
April 26, 1996 |
| England's King Edward I banned the burning of this fuel, objecting to the dirt & fumes |
coal |
200 |
April 26, 1996 |
| When Columbus reached this island in 1493, he named it San Juan Bautista |
Puerto Rico |
300 |
April 26, 1996 |
| After serving time in prison, future Yugoslav President Josip Broz adopted this code name |
Tito |
400 |
April 26, 1996 |
| During the reign of Bela III, 1173-1196, this country became one of the leading European powers |
Hungary |
500 |
April 26, 1996 |
| The history of the Tower of London goes back to the fortress built by this conqueror |
William The Conqueror |
100 |
March 22, 1996 |
| In 1633 he was brought before the Inquisition for believing the doctrine of the Earth moving around the sun |
Galileo |
200 |
March 22, 1996 |
| In 1812 Napoleon's Grand Army of 614,000 invaded this country; months later only 40,000 were left |
Russia |
300 |
March 22, 1996 |
| German for "empire", the first one was the Holy Roman Empire; the second was founded in 1871 |
Reich |
400 |
March 22, 1996 |
| This Athenian's code was so strict, you could be executed for stealing a cabbage |
Draco |
500 |
March 22, 1996 |
| German admiral Karl Doenitz was convicted at these war crimes trials in 1946 |
Nuremberg |
100 |
October 12, 1995 |
| In the 1950s the last French prisoners left this rocky islet |
Devil\'s Island |
200 |
October 12, 1995 |
| In the early 17th century, the college of James VI became the university of this Scottish city |
Edinburgh |
300 |
October 12, 1995 |
| In 1805 Muhammad Ali, a tobacco merchant, was appointed governor of this country by the Ottoman sultan |
Egypt |
500 |
October 12, 1995 |
| From 1682 to 1689 this Czar shared the throne with half brother Ivan V under half sister Sophia's regency |
Peter the Great |
|
October 12, 1995 |
| Cardinal Achille Ratti was elected to this office Feb. 6, 1922, taking the name Pius XI |
pope |
100 |
October 3, 1995 |
| This Egyptian president graduated from the military academy at Cairo in 1938 |
Nasser |
300 |
October 3, 1995 |
| In medieval Russia, 1 altyn equaled 3 of these monetary units |
kopeks |
400 |
October 3, 1995 |
| In 1886 followers of the Mahdi captured Khartoum, now in this country |
Sudan |
500 |
October 3, 1995 |
| Edward VII was crowned king of the United Kingdom in 1902 & emperor of this country in 1903 |
India |
|
October 3, 1995 |
| Scottish King Malcolm III Canmore slew this king who'd brought down Duncan I |
Macbeth |
100 |
September 14, 1995 |
| In 1854 a group of local Whigs founded this political party in Ripon, Wisconsin |
the Republicans |
200 |
September 14, 1995 |
| On Dec. 10, 1848 this nephew of Napoleon I was elected president of France |
Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III) |
300 |
September 14, 1995 |
| The Scorpion, this type of ship, sank off the Azores in 1968 |
a nuclear submarine |
400 |
September 14, 1995 |
| This prime minister took over as leader of India's Congress Party September 9, 1951 |
Nehru |
500 |
September 14, 1995 |
| This country's 1919 constitution provided for a parliament consisting of the Reichstag & the Reichsrat |
Germany |
100 |
May 24, 1995 |
| In 1608 Samuel de Champlain established a trading post at what is now this French-Canadian city |
Quebec (City) |
200 |
May 24, 1995 |
| In the 1350s the cantons of Zug, Glarus & Bern joined this confederation |
the Helvetic Confederation of Switzerland |
300 |
May 24, 1995 |
| Around 1380 this Oxford clergyman translated the Bible from Latin into English |
(John) Wycliffe |
500 |
May 24, 1995 |
| On Nov. 30, 1962 the U.N. General Assembly elected this Burmese diplomat secretary-general |
U Thant |
|
May 24, 1995 |
| The name of this city was changed to Istanbul on March 28, 1930 |
Constantinople |
100 |
September 30, 1993 |
| Lester Pearson won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for helping to defuse the 1956 crisis over this canal |
Suez Canal |
200 |
September 30, 1993 |
| Peru's government palace is on the site of a palace this conquistador built in the 1500s |
Pizarro |
400 |
September 30, 1993 |
| This traitorous Norwegian leader was executed in Oslo on October 24, 1945 |
(Vidkun) Quisling |
500 |
September 30, 1993 |
| In the early 1800s, Sweden acquired Norway from Denmark but lost Finland to this country |
Russia |
|
September 30, 1993 |
| In 1206 this Mongol conqueror drew up his code of laws called the Great Yasa |
Genghis Khan |
100 |
May 6, 1993 |
| Japan's oldest open port, it was the second city on which the U.S. dropped an A-bomb in World War II |
Nagasaki |
200 |
May 6, 1993 |
| According to legend, Rurik, a Viking leader, settled in Novgorod in 862 & founded this country |
Russia |
300 |
May 6, 1993 |
| This Italian scientist spent his last years under house arrest for espousing ideas of Copernicus |
Galileo |
400 |
May 6, 1993 |
| From 1568 until his assassination in 1584, William I, Prince of this, led the Dutch revolt against Spain |
Orange |
500 |
May 6, 1993 |
| This Irish castle famous for its "stone" was built by Cormac MacCarthy about 1446 |
the Blarney |
100 |
October 27, 1992 |
| In 1863 Napoleon III persuaded this Archduke to become Emperor of Mexico |
Maximilian |
200 |
October 27, 1992 |
| In 1853 Turkey declared war on Russia, beginning this conflict |
the Crimean War |
400 |
October 27, 1992 |
| In 1453 at Castillon, the French artillery won the last battle of this long war |
the Hundred Years\' War |
|
October 27, 1992 |
| European production of this fiber began after 2 monks smuggled some worms out of China c. 550 |
silk |
100 |
October 13, 1992 |
| In 1929 the Serbo-Croat-Slovene kingdom changed its name to this |
Yugoslavia |
200 |
October 13, 1992 |
| The 1805 battle fought off this Spanish cape established British naval superiority for 100 years |
Trafalgar |
300 |
October 13, 1992 |
| Janos Kadar took power after this country's 1956 revolution & ruled it until 1988 |
Hungary |
400 |
October 13, 1992 |
| King Gustav III restored autocratic rule to this country in the 18th century |
Sweden |
500 |
October 13, 1992 |
| This flag was adopted as the national flag of Great Britain in 1801 |
the Union Jack |
100 |
April 23, 1992 |
| Pope Alexander III laid the cornerstone for this church on Paris' Ile de la Cite in 1163 |
Notre Dame |
200 |
April 23, 1992 |
| The Great Leap Forward refers to the radical policies pursued in this country from 1958-1960 |
China |
300 |
April 23, 1992 |
| In 1926 Ibn Saud became King of Hejaz & later made it part of this kingdom |
Saudi Arabia |
400 |
April 23, 1992 |
| Family name of Pope Leo X & his brothers Guiliano & Piero di Lorenzo, who ruled Florence |
the de\' Medicis |
500 |
April 23, 1992 |
| During the Han Dynasty, emperor Wu Ti established this as China's state philosophy |
Confucianism |
100 |
June 14, 1991 |
| During WWI its regiment de marche was France's most decorated military unit |
the French Foreign Legion |
200 |
June 14, 1991 |
| Year in which "Wealth of Nations", "Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire" & "Common Sense" were published |
1776 |
300 |
June 14, 1991 |
| In 1988 a plane explosion claimed the life of this country's President Zia ul-Haq |
Pakistan |
400 |
June 14, 1991 |
| In 1961 Syrian rebels put an end to this short-lived union of Egypt & Syria |
the United Arab Republic |
500 |
June 14, 1991 |
| 3 days after the Korean War began this capital fell to invaders |
Seoul |
100 |
May 30, 1991 |
| He was born July 12, 100 B.C. but it wasn't called July yet |
Julius Caesar |
200 |
May 30, 1991 |
| In 1651, the Dutch East India Co. sent Jan van Riebeeck to establish a settlement on this cape |
the Cape of Good Hope |
300 |
May 30, 1991 |
| Louis-Philippe replaced this family's white flag with the tricolour as the emblem of France |
the Bourbon |
400 |
May 30, 1991 |
| In 1780 Prussia was ruled by this "Great" man, Russia by this "Great" woman |
Frederick & Catherine |
500 |
May 30, 1991 |
| Emperor Jean Jacques Dessalines was killed near Port-au-Prince in this country in 1806 |
Haiti |
100 |
April 25, 1991 |
| It's believed that the wife of Domitian, emperor of this, was involved in his assassination |
Roman |
200 |
April 25, 1991 |
| Matthew Flinders completed the first circumnavigation of this continent in 1803 |
Australia |
400 |
April 25, 1991 |
| Alexander II ascended the throne of Russia in February 1855, during this war |
the Crimean |
500 |
April 25, 1991 |
| Roberto Ridolfi of Florence plotted to overthrow this English queen & replace her with Mary Stuart |
Elizabeth I |
|
April 25, 1991 |
| Peter the Great abolished the aristocratic Boyar class in this country |
Russia |
100 |
November 8, 1990 |
| Alessandro, the first Duke of Florence, was an illegitimate member of this family |
the Medicis |
200 |
November 8, 1990 |
| This German-born archaeologist made a fortune in the Crimean War, which allowed him to look for Troy |
(Heinrich) Schliemann |
400 |
November 8, 1990 |
| More than 1 million turned out for his funeral procession in the Philippines August 31, 1983 |
Benigno Aquino |
500 |
November 8, 1990 |
| During the Napoleonic Wars, the royal family of Portugal fled to this colony |
Brazil |
|
November 8, 1990 |
| China's Great Wall provided little protection; in the 1200s his forces swept across it |
Genghis Khan |
100 |
June 21, 1990 |
| 38 crew members stayed in the Spanish colony he founded on Hispaniola, but they were killed after he left |
Columbus |
200 |
June 21, 1990 |
| When a 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler failed, this general, famous for his Libyan campaign, killed himself |
(Erwin) Rommel |
300 |
June 21, 1990 |
| Mashkan-shapir, a city of this "land between 2 rivers", was recently rediscovered by archaeologists |
Mesopotamia |
400 |
June 21, 1990 |
| This country's radio recently re-broadcast a speech made by Imre Nagy the day the Soviets invaded in 1956 |
Hungary |
500 |
June 21, 1990 |
| The ancient Greeks often referred to all of Africa by this name of Qadafi's country |
Libya |
100 |
May 30, 1990 |
| Thousands died in September 1985 when earthquakes measuring 8.1 & 7.3 hit this world capital |
Mexico City |
200 |
May 30, 1990 |
| This pope's neutrality in WWII made him an object of criticism |
Pius XII |
300 |
May 30, 1990 |
| After this country went communist, the city of Urga was renamed Ulan Bator, meaning "red hero" |
Mongolia |
500 |
May 30, 1990 |
| This organization founded in 1863 won Nobel Peace Prizes in 1917, 1944 & 1963 |
Red Cross |
|
May 30, 1990 |
| This tribunal flourished in Spain for centuries until it was finally suppressed in 1834 |
The Spanish Inquisition |
100 |
February 26, 1990 |
| 4 days after this battle, Napoleon signed his 2nd -- & final -- abdication |
Waterloo |
200 |
February 26, 1990 |
| This mystic ate his last meal at the home of Prince Feliks Yusupov, one of the men who killed him |
Rasputin |
300 |
February 26, 1990 |
| Some 25 years before our Civil War, this country freed the slaves on Jamaica |
Great Britain |
400 |
February 26, 1990 |
| It's widely believed that this great pharaoh is the one written about in the Book of Exodus |
Ramses II |
500 |
February 26, 1990 |
| In 1967 this country exploded its 1st H-bomb at its Lob Nor test site in Sinkiang province |
(Red) China |
100 |
November 3, 1989 |
| A civil war in Paris during his youth convinced this king to build his palace at Versailles |
Louis XIV |
200 |
November 3, 1989 |
| Long the ruling party in this country, the PRI won the 1988 election by its lowest margin ever |
Mexico |
300 |
November 3, 1989 |
| The 1st great building of the Acropolis was this one built between 447-438 B.C. |
The Parthenon |
400 |
November 3, 1989 |
| In a famous race, these 2 men reached the South Pole, 1 in December 1911, the other 5 weeks later |
Amundsen & Scott |
|
November 3, 1989 |
| FDR called December 7, 1941 "a date which will" do this |
live in infamy |
100 |
June 19, 1989 |
| Following his service in the American Revolution, T. Kosciusko led a revolution in this country |
Poland |
200 |
June 19, 1989 |
| 1988 was the 400th anniversary of the defeat of this famous fleet |
Spanish Armada |
300 |
June 19, 1989 |
| After these wars ended in 1485, the royal houses of York & Lancaster were united |
War of the Roses |
400 |
June 19, 1989 |
| After teaching French at a Connecticut girls' school, he served as premier of France during WWI |
Georges Clemenceau |
500 |
June 19, 1989 |
| France's 1778 recognition of this nation's independence was a virtual declaration of war on Britain |
the 13 Colonies (or the United States of America) |
100 |
November 8, 1988 |
| Frederick II agreed to lead one of these for the pope, but due to an epidemic he didn't go & was excommunicated |
a Crusade |
200 |
November 8, 1988 |
| The congress held here hoped to restore Europe to the way it was before Napoleon |
Vienna |
300 |
November 8, 1988 |
| In 1570 Spain's Phillip II tried to put this queen on the English throne |
Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart) |
400 |
November 8, 1988 |
| This war was thought to be mythical until late 19th century excavations proved it really occurred |
the Trojan War |
500 |
November 8, 1988 |
| Appropriate nickname of Ivan IV, who killed his oldest son with his own hands |
"the Terrible" |
100 |
October 13, 1988 |
| 1 year before Robert the Bruce died, he was finally recognized by Edward III as king of this |
Scotland |
200 |
October 13, 1988 |
| The name of this Muslim empire, which ruled in India for centuries, is Persian for "Mongol" |
Mughal Empire |
300 |
October 13, 1988 |
| King Menes, who unified the upper & lower regions of this ancient country, was killed by a hippopotamus |
Egypt |
400 |
October 13, 1988 |
| The government of Italy established this as an independent state in 1929 |
Vatican City |
500 |
October 13, 1988 |
| In a 1918 treaty, this country gave up Ukraine but soon recovered it |
Russia (or the Soviet Union) |
100 |
July 5, 1988 |
| In 1929, the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes became known as this |
Yugoslavia |
200 |
July 5, 1988 |
| The 1867 British North America Act united 3 colonies under this single name |
Canada |
300 |
July 5, 1988 |
| When Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes, thousands of these French Protestants fled to America |
Huguenots |
400 |
July 5, 1988 |
| In 1835, many of them left Cape Colony & began their historic "Great Trek" to what's now the Transvaal |
the Boers |
500 |
July 5, 1988 |
| Marcus Opellius Macrinus was the 1st emperor of this who was not a senator first |
Rome |
100 |
June 2, 1988 |
| Conquistadores founded this city on the site of the Aztec cities Tenochtitlan & Tlatelolco |
Mexico City |
200 |
June 2, 1988 |
| His 1971 trip to Europe marked the 1st time a reigning emperor had ever left Japan |
Hirohito |
300 |
June 2, 1988 |
| This Mormon leader announced he would run for president of U.S. in 1844, the same year he was killed |
Joseph Smith |
400 |
June 2, 1988 |
| Captain Kidd used to hang out in the Indian Ocean on this 4th largest island in the world |
Madagascar |
500 |
June 2, 1988 |
| The British battled for these islands in 1914 & again in 1982 |
the Falkland Islands |
100 |
December 18, 1987 |
| Once part of the Mongol Empire, & then known as the Khanate of Sibir, it's called this today |
Siberia |
200 |
December 18, 1987 |
| In 1624, at age 39, this clergymen became chief of France's royal council |
Cardinal Richelieu |
300 |
December 18, 1987 |
| As the Medici ruled Florence, the Sforza ruled this Italian city |
Milan |
400 |
December 18, 1987 |
| In 1952, he returned to power in Cuba with his 2nd military coup d'etat |
(Fulgencio) Batista |
500 |
December 18, 1987 |
| In 1932, he began campaigning for president of Germany before even becoming a German citizen |
Adolf Hitler |
100 |
February 14, 1986 |
| He sold us the Louisiana Purchase at 4¢ an acre |
Napoleon Bonaparte |
200 |
February 14, 1986 |
| 1 of 2 charges on which an English court tried Joan of Arc |
heresy (or witchcraft) |
400 |
February 14, 1986 |
| While U.N. headquarters is in New York, the League of Nations was headquartered here |
Geneva, Switzerland |
500 |
February 14, 1986 |
| In 1786, top U.S. leaders invited Prince Henry of Prussia to become this |
King of the United States |
|
February 14, 1986 |