Historical Quiz 1 - Dates Part I

[rochvelleth]

100 Historical Things, Number 25I thought that every 25 posts I would do a quiz for people. I was going to do dates right through to the 20th C, but then I discovered there's a limit on the number of elements you can have in a poll, so I stopped around the time when we stop talking about the medieval period and start talking modern history (which

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[ptc24]

I'm reminded of the LJ poll I did a while back on memorable dates - in fact, I still have the results, here.

[atreic]

I think it would be more interesting to know who could put those things in the right order, than who had remembered the right dates. But I say that because I can't remember dates. ;-)

[rochvelleth]

Ooh, that's a brilliant idea - I think I'll do that for the next quiz, provided I've remembered by post no. 50 :)

[ladykate63]

So are we going to get the right answers? ;) I think I may have gotten 3 of those exactly right (the Pompeii destruction, the Magna Carta signing, and Columbus's voyage).

[kegel84]

I have obviously no clue about British history :P