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Quick TrainerMajor Historical Events and Their Years
Test your knowledge of when major world history events happened by recalling the year of each.
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Well-Known Events
10 items
2
Modern History
10 items
3
Deeper Dives
12 items
All 32 cards
Columbus reaches the Americas
1492
American Declaration of Independence signed
1776
Fall of the Berlin Wall
1989
End of World War II
1945
Start of World War I
1914
First Moon landing (Apollo 11)
1969
Sinking of the Titanic
1912
French Revolution begins (storming of the Bastille)
1789
Start of World War II
1939
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941
Assassination of US President John F. Kennedy
1963
Russian (October) Revolution
1917
Wall Street Crash / start of the Great Depression
1929
US Civil War begins
1861
Gutenberg prints his first Bible
1455
Indian independence from Britain
1947
September 11 terrorist attacks
2001
Nelson Mandela released from prison
1990
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
1991
Cuban Missile Crisis
1962
Battle of Hastings
1066
Signing of the Magna Carta
1215
Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans
1453
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
476
Black Death peaks in Europe
1348
Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses
1517
Spanish Armada defeated
1588
Napoleon defeated at the Battle of Waterloo
1815
Treaty of Versailles signed
1919
Berlin Conference partitions Africa begins
1884
American Civil War ends
1865
Declaration of the United Nations / UN founded
1945
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