Easy History Quizzes

Which major battle took place on October 14th, 1066? (And which Anglo-Saxon king was defeated?)
Name the American naval base that the Japanese navy attacked on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941? (In which American State was this base?)
How many wives did Henry VIII have? (Who was Henry's last wife?)
Can you name the second man to walk on the moon? (What was the name of the mission?)
Who led the 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876?
In which year did the First World War end?
What is Samuel Pepys famous for? (And which event did he write about in early September, 1666?)
What name is given to the manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William the Conqueror?
Who was nicknamed "The Maid of Orleans"?
During political and tax protests in Boston, America, in 1773, chests were thrown into Boston Harbour containing what?
The 7th Armoured Division of the British Army was given what nickname after succesful campaigns in Libya and Egypt during World War II?
Which King of Wessex spent years fighting Viking invasions and won a decisive victory in the Battle of Edington in 878?

Which king signed the Magna Carter at Runnymede in 1215?
Florence Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during which war?
What was given as a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States in 1886?
Which war, fought between the two powerful houses of York and Lancaster, had its last significant battle with the Battle of Bosworth in 1485?
What name is given to the famous speech that President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War in Pennsylvania on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863?
Name the final clash between European nations and French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815? (And in which modern day country did this battle happen?)
Which two brothers are credited with inventing and flying the world's first successful motor-operated airplane in 1903? (Do you know the name of their flying machine?)
Which country saw a period of political and social revolution, commencing with the abolition of its monarchy in 1917?
What did Wilhelm Rontgen discover in 1895? (Hint: it earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901)
Which queen of the British Celtic Iceni tribe led an uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61?
Which King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329, defeated a much larger English army under Edward II at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314?
Which Italian explorer completed four voyages between Spain and the Americas between 1492 and 1503?