Events in History Quiz
Identify the century in which each of the historical events took place.
Quiz
- The Gunpowder Plot
- Cnut the Great is crowned king of England in London
- The Roman Conquest of Britain
- Coffee house owner Thomas Garway became the first person in England to sell tea as a leaf and beverage at his London coffeehouse
- Mutiny on the Bounty
- The Spanish Armada is destroyed 1588
- Abolition of slavery in the British Empire
- Geoffrey Chaucer starts work on The Canterbury Tales
- Joan of Arc burned at Rouen
- Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
- The South Sea Bubble 1720
- Mary Queen of Scots is executed
- Alfred the Great defeat the Danes at Edungton
- The storming of the Bastille
- Defeat of the Britiah revolt under Boadicea
- Pompeii is destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
- The Peasants' Revolt
- Emperor Hadrian orders a wall to be built to mark northern Roman territory of Britain
- The Times is first published and becomes first newspaper to have borne the name Times
- William Caxton introduces the printing press into England and becomes the first English retailer of printed books
Answers:
- 17th Century (1605) - The Gunpowder Plot
- 11th Century (1017) - Cnut the Great is crowned king of England
- 1st Century (began in AD 43) - The Roman Conquest of Britain
- 17th Century (1657) - coffee house owner Thomas Garway became the first person in England to sell tea as a leaf and beverage at his London coffeehouse
- 18th Century (1789) - mutiny on HMS Bounty
- 16th Century (1588) - the Spanish Armada is destroyed
- 19th Century (1833) - abolition of slavery in the British Empire
- 14th Century (circa 1387) - Geoffrey Chaucer starts work on The Canterbury Tales
- 15th Century (1431) - Joan of Arc burned at Rouen
- 16th Century - (between 1503 and 1506) -Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
- 18th Century (1720) - The South Sea Bubble
- 16th Century (1587) - Mary Queen of Scots is executed
- 9th Century (AD 878) - Alfred the Great defeat the Danes at Edungton
- 18th Century (14 July 1789) - the storming of the Bastille
- 1st Century (AD 60 or 61 ) - defeat of the British revolt under Boadicea
- 1st Century (AD 79) - Pompeii is destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
- 14th Century (1381) - the Peasants' Revolt
- 2nd Century (122) - building starts on Hadrian's Wall
- 18th Century (1785) - The Times is first published
- 15th Century (1476) - William Caxton introduces the printing press into England