Famous dates DP 5 Flashcards
1
Q
In what century did the Hanging Gardens of Babylon exist
A
6th century BCE
2
Q
In what year did Abraham Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address
A
1863
3
Q
In what year did Adolf Hitler become Chancellor of Germany
A
1933
4
Q
In what year did Amelia Earhart become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
A
1932 CE
5
Q
In what year did Charles Lindbergh make the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean
A
1927 CE
6
Q
In what year did Christopher Columbus sail to the Americas
A
1492 CE
7
Q
In what year did Ernest Shackleton lead his failed attempt to cross Antarctica
A
1914-1917 CE
8
Q
In what year did Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigate the globe
A
1519-1522 CE
9
Q
In what year did humans first reach the summit of Mount Everest
A
1953 CE (Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay)
10
Q
In what year did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his “I Have a Dream” speech
A
1963
11
Q
In what year did Nelson Mandela become President of South Africa
A
1994
12
Q
In what year did Roald Amundsen reach the South Pole
A
1911 CE
13
Q
In what year did the AIDS epidemic begin
A
1981
14
Q
In what year did the American Civil War begin
A
1861
15
Q
In what year did the American Civil War end
A
1865 CE
16
Q
In what year did the American Revolutionary War begin
A
1775
17
Q
In what year did the Arab Spring begin
A
2010
18
Q
In what year did the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 occur
A
1948
19
Q
In what year did the assassination of President John F. Kennedy occur
A
1963
20
Q
In what year did the atomic bombs explode over Hiroshima and Nagasaki
A
1945
21
Q
In what year did the Battle of Waterloo occur
A
1815
22
Q
In what year did the Berlin Wall fall
A
1989
23
Q
In what year did the Black Death occur
A
1347-1351
24
Q
In what year did the Bosnian War begin
A
1992
25
In what year did the Boston Tea Party take place
1773
26
In what year did the California Gold Rush begin
1848
27
In what year did the Chernobyl disaster occur
1986
28
In what year did the Cold War begin
1947
29
In what year did the COVID-19 pandemic begin
2019
30
In what year did the Crimean War begin
1853
31
In what year did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur
1962
32
In what year did the first American astronaut orbit the Earth
1962 CE (John Glenn)
33
In what year did the first FIFA World Cup take place
1930 CE
34
In what year did the first human land on the moon
1969
35
In what year did the first human reach the deepest point in the ocean (Challenger Deep)
1960 CE (Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh)
36
In what year did the first human reach the summit of Mount Everest
1953 CE (Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay)
37
In what year did the first human travel to space
1961 CE (Yuri Gagarin)
38
In what year did the first manned mission to the moon occur
1969 CE (Apollo 11)
39
In what year did the first manned spaceflight occur
1961 CE
40
In what year did the first Olympic Games of the modern era take place
1896 CE
41
In what year did the first person walk on the moon
1969 CE
42
In what year did the first successful human-to-human organ transplant occur
1954 CE (Kidney)
43
In what year did the first Summer Olympic Games take place in the United States
1904 CE
44
In what year did the first Winter Olympic Games take place
1924 CE
45
In what year did the first woman travel to space
1963 CE
46
In what year did the first woman travel to space
1963 CE (Valentina Tereshkova)
47
In what year did the French and Indian War begin
1754
48
In what year did the French Revolution begin
1789
49
In what year did the Great Plague of London occur
1665-1666
50
In what year did the Gulf War occur
1990-1991
51
In what year did the Hundred Years' War begin
1337
52
In what year did the Industrial Revolution begin
1760-1840
53
In what year did the Iranian Revolution occur
1979
54
In what year did the Iraq War begin
2003
55
In what year did the Korean War begin
1950
56
In what year did the Kosovo War occur
1998-1999
57
In what year did the Mexican-American War begin
1846
58
In what year did the Napoleonic Wars begin
1799
59
In what year did the Peloponnesian War begin
431 BCE
60
In what year did the Protestant Reformation begin
1517 CE
61
In what year did the Punic Wars begin
264 BCE
62
In what year did the Renaissance occur
14th-17th centuries
63
In what year did the Roman-Persian Wars begin
226 CE
64
In what year did the Russian Revolution begin
1917
65
In what year did the Rwandan Genocide occur
1994
66
In what year did the Salem Witch Trials take place
1692-1693
67
In what year did the September 11th attacks occur
2001
68
In what year did the Seven Years' War begin
1756
69
In what year did the Six-Day War occur
1967
70
In what year did the Soviet Union collapse
1991
71
In what year did the Soviet-Afghan War begin
1979
72
In what year did the Space Race occur
1957-1975
73
In what year did the Spanish Flu pandemic occur
1918-1920
74
In what year did the Spanish Inquisition begin
1478 CE
75
In what year did the Spanish-American War occur
1898
76
In what year did the stock market crash occur, marking the beginning of the Great Depression
1929
77
In what year did the Suez Crisis occur
1956
78
In what year did the Syrian Civil War begin
2011
79
In what year did the Thirty Years' War begin
1618
80
In what year did the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre occur
1989
81
In what year did the Titanic sink
1912
82
In what year did the Vietnam War begin
1955-1975
83
In what year did the Wright brothers make the first successful powered flight
1903
84
In what year did the Yom Kippur War occur
1973
85
In what year did Vasco da Gama reach India by sea
1498 CE
86
In what year did women gain the right to vote in the United States
1920
87
In what year did World War I begin
1914
88
In what year did World War I occur
1914-1918 CE
89
In what year did World War II begin
1939
90
In what year was gunpowder invented
9th century CE
91
In what year was the abolition of slavery in the United States
1865
92
In what year was the airplane invented
1903 CE
93
In what year was the American Civil War fought
1861-1865
94
In what year was the American Revolution fought
1775-1783 CE
95
In what year was the automobile invented
1885 CE
96
In what year was the Battle of Gettysburg fought
1863
97
In what year was the Berlin Wall built
1961 CE
98
In what year was the Berlin Wall demolished
1989 CE
99
In what year was the Bill of Rights ratified
1791 CE
100
In what year was the compass invented
11th century CE
101
In what year was the computer invented
1940s CE
102
In what year was the Declaration of Independence signed
1776
103
In what year was the English Bill of Rights enacted
1689
104
In what year was the European Union founded
1993
105
In what year was the first 3D-printed object created
1986 CE
106
In what year was the first antibiotic discovered
1928 CE (Penicillin by Alexander Fleming)
107
In what year was the first artificial heart implanted in a human
1982 CE
108
In what year was the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, launched into space
1957 CE
109
In what year was the first artificial sweetener discovered
1879 CE (Saccharin)
110
In what year was the first atomic bomb detonated
1945 CE
111
In what year was the first book printed using movable type
Around 1455 CE
112
In what year was the first car with airbags introduced
1968 CE
113
In what year was the first cell phone call made
1973 CE
114
In what year was the first commercial passenger jet aircraft introduced
1958 CE (Boeing 707)
115
In what year was the first CT scan performed
1972 CE
116
In what year was the first DNA molecule structure discovered
1953 CE
117
In what year was the first electric car commercially available
1996 CE (General Motors EV1)
118
In what year was the first electric light bulb invented
1879 CE
119
In what year was the first email sent
1971 CE
120
In what year was the first fluorescent light bulb invented
1857 CE
121
In what year was the first GPS satellite launched
1978 CE
122
In what year was the first heart transplant performed
1967 CE
123
In what year was the first human genome sequenced
2003 CE
124
In what year was the first human heart transplant performed
1967 CE
125
In what year was the first human to land on the moon
1969 CE
126
In what year was the first incandescent light bulb invented
1879 CE
127
In what year was the first integrated circuit invented
1958 CE
128
In what year was the first internet browser released
1990 CE (WorldWideWeb)
129
In what year was the first iPad released
2010 CE
130
In what year was the first iPhone released
2007 CE
131
In what year was the first laser invented
1960 CE
132
In what year was the first microprocessor invented
1971 CE
133
In what year was the first motion picture shown to the public
1895 CE (by the Lumière brothers)
134
In what year was the first MRI scan performed
1977 CE
135
In what year was the first newspaper published
1605 CE
136
In what year was the first online auction site launched
1995 CE (eBay)
137
In what year was the first online streaming service launched
1997 CE (Netflix)
138
In what year was the first personal computer released
1975 CE (Altair 8800)
139
In what year was the first photograph taken
1826 CE (by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce)
140
In what year was the first plastic invented
1862 CE (Parkesine)
141
In what year was the first polio vaccine developed
1952 CE
142
In what year was the first practical steam engine invented
1712 CE (by Thomas Newcomen)
143
In what year was the first radio broadcast made
1895 CE
144
In what year was the first satellite launched into space
1957 CE
145
In what year was the first search engine created
1990 CE (Archie)
146
In what year was the first self-driving car invented
1987 CE
147
In what year was the first smartphone released
1992 CE (IBM Simon)
148
In what year was the first social media platform launched
1997 CE (SixDegrees.com)
149
In what year was the first successful blood transfusion performed
1818 CE
150
In what year was the first successful hot air balloon flight made
1783 CE
151
In what year was the first successful human-to-human organ transplant occur
1954 CE (Kidney)
152
In what year was the first successful in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure performed
1978 CE
153
In what year was the first successful kidney transplant performed
1954 CE
154
In what year was the first supersonic passenger jet introduced
1969 CE (Concorde)
155
In what year was the first tablet computer released
2001 CE (Apple Newton)
156
In what year was the first television broadcast made
1928 CE
157
In what year was the first text message sent
1992 CE
158
In what year was the first TikTok video uploaded
2016 CE
159
In what year was the first transistor invented
1947 CE
160
In what year was the first vaccine developed
1796 CE (Smallpox vaccine by Edward Jenner)
161
In what year was the first video game console released
1972 CE (Magnavox Odyssey)
162
In what year was the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen adopted
1789 CE
163
In what year was the French Revolution
1789-1799
164
In what year was the Gutenberg Bible printed
Around 1455 CE
165
In what year was the Hubble Space Telescope launched into orbit
1990 CE
166
In what year was the Hubble Space Telescope launched into orbit
1990 CE
167
In what year was the internet created
1960s CE
168
In what year was the internet invented
1960s CE
169
In what year was the light bulb invented
1879 CE
170
In what year was the Magna Carta signed
1215
171
In what year was the Mexican-American War fought
1846-1848
172
In what year was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) founded
1949
173
In what year was the printing press invented
Around 1440 CE
174
In what year was the steam engine invented
1712 CE
175
In what year was the telephone invented
1876 CE
176
In what year was the television invented
1927 CE
177
In what year was the Transcontinental Railroad completed in the United States
1869
178
In what year was the United Nations founded
1945
179
In what year was the United States Constitution ratified
1788
180
In what year was the Warsaw Pact signed
1955
181
In what year was the World Wide Web invented
1989 CE
182
What year did the Carthaginian civilization flourish
9th century BCE to 146 BCE
183
What year did the Chavin civilization flourish
900 BCE to 200 BCE
184
What year did the Classical period in Greece occur
500 BCE to 323 BCE
185
What year was the Battle of Thermopylae fought
480 BCE
186
What year was the Colosseum in Rome completed
80 CE
187
What year was the Great Pyramid of Giza constructed
c. 2560 BCE
188
What year was the Parthenon in Athens completed
432 BCE
189
When did the AIDS epidemic begin
1981 CE to present
190
When did the American Civil War occur
1861 CE to 1865 CE
191
When did the American Revolution occur
1775 CE to 1783 CE
192
When did the Arab Spring begin
2010 CE to present
193
When did the Archaic period in Greece occur
800 BCE to 500 BCE
194
When did the Aztec Empire reach its peak
15th century CE
195
When did the Black Death occur
1347 CE to 1351 CE
196
When did the Byzantine Empire exist
330 CE to 1453 CE
197
When did the Carolingian Empire exist
751 CE to 843 CE
198
When did the Carthaginian civilization flourish
9th century BCE to 146 BCE
199
When did the Chavin civilization flourish
900 BCE to 200 BCE
200
When did the Classical period in Greece occur
500 BCE to 323 BCE
201
When did the COVID-19 pandemic begin
2019 CE to present
202
When did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur
1962 CE
203
When did the Delhi Sultanate exist
1206 CE to 1526 CE
204
When did the Egyptian civilization flourish
3100 BCE to 30 BCE
205
When did the French Revolution occur
1789 CE to 1799 CE
206
When did the Greek Dark Ages occur
1100 BCE to 800 BCE
207
When did the Gupta Empire in India reach its peak
4th century CE
208
When did the Hellenistic period in Greece occur
323 BCE to 31 BCE
209
When did the Holy Roman Empire exist
962 CE to 1806 CE
210
When did the Inca Empire reach its peak
15th century CE
211
When did the Indus Valley Civilization flourish
2600 BCE to 1900 BCE
212
When did the Industrial Revolution occur
1760 CE to 1840 CE
213
When did the Iraq War occur
2003 CE to 2011 CE
214
When did the Kaaba exist
6th century BCE
215
When did the Khmer Empire exist
802 CE to 1431 CE
216
When did the Korean War occur
1950 CE to 1953 CE
217
When did the Mayan civilization flourish
250 CE to 900 CE
218
When did the Mesopotamian civilization flourish
3300 BCE to 750 BCE
219
When did the Minoan civilization flourish
2700 BCE to 1450 BCE
220
When did the Mongol Empire exist
1206 CE to 1368 CE
221
When did the Mughal Empire exist
1526 CE to 1857 CE
222
When did the Mycenaean civilization flourish
1600 BCE to 1100 BCE
223
When did the Nok civilization flourish
1500 BCE to 200 CE
224
When did the Olmec civilization flourish
1200 BCE to 400 BCE
225
When did the Ottoman Empire exist
1299 CE to 1922 CE
226
When did the Persian Empire reach its peak
550 BCE to 330 BCE
227
When did the Phoenician civilization flourish
1500 BCE to 300 BCE
228
When did the Roman Republic exist
509 BCE to 27 BCE
229
When did the Rwandan Genocide occur
1994 CE
230
When did the Safavid Empire exist
1501 CE to 1722 CE
231
When did the September 11th attacks occur
2001 CE
232
When did the Silk Road begin to flourish
2nd century BCE
233
When did the Soviet Union collapse
1991 CE
234
When did the Space Race occur
1957 CE to 1975 CE
235
When did the Spanish Flu pandemic occur
1918 CE to 1920 CE
236
When did the Syrian Civil War begin
2011 CE to present
237
When did the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre occur
1989 CE
238
When did the Vietnam War occur
1955 CE to 1975 CE
239
When did the Vijayanagara Empire exist
1336 CE to 1646 CE
240
When did World War I occur
1914 CE to 1918 CE
241
When did World War II occur
1939 CE to 1945 CE
242
When was Big Ben built
1859 CE
243
When was the Angkor Wat temple complex built
1113 CE to 1150 CE
244
When was the Borobudur temple complex built
8th century CE
245
When was the Colosseum built
80 CE
246
When was the Dome of the Rock built
691 CE
247
When was the Eiffel Tower built
1889 CE
248
When was the Empire State Building built
1931 CE
249
When was the Forbidden City built
1420 CE
250
When was the Golden Gate Bridge built
1937 CE
251
When was the Great Mosque of Damascus built
705 CE
252
When was the Hagia Sophia built
537 CE
253
When was the Notre Dame Cathedral built
1163 CE
254
When was the Panama Canal built
1914 CE
255
When was the Pantheon built
126 CE
256
When was the Parthenon built
432 BCE
257
When was the St. Basil's Cathedral built
1555 CE
258
When was the Statue of Liberty erected
1886 CE
259
When was the Suez Canal built
1869 CE
260
When was the Taj Mahal built
1632 CE
261
When was the Terracotta Army created
3rd century BCE
262
When was the Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 CE
