In Pre-1700's Trivia Game
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In -322 BC Aristotle dies of ----------. In 254 St ---------- begins his reign as Catholic Pope. In 295 8th recorded ---------- passage of Halley's Comet. In 31 BC Battle of Actium; ---------- defeats Mark Antony and becomes Emperor Augustus. In 43BC The Roman politician, ---------- , is slain. In 490 B.C. Athenians defeat second Persian invasion of Greece at---------- . In 526 Earthquake kills ---------- in Antioch, Syria. In 680 ---------- ibn 'Ali, Shi'i religious leader, enters martyrdom. In 70 BC ---------- (Publius Vergilius Maro) (Mantua, Italy), poet (Aeneid), born. In 742---------- , emperor (Holy Roman Empire), born. In 760 14th recorded ---------- passage of Halley's Comet. In 879 Charles III [The Simple], king of ---------- (893-923), born. In 1000 Leif ---------- discovers "Vinland" (possibly America). In 1066 Battle of Hastings, in which William the ---------- wins England. In 1066 William the ---------- crowned William I of England. In 1087 William I The Conqueror, King of England and Duke of---------- , dies. In 1189 England's King ---------- (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster. In 1271 ---------- king of Bohemia and Poland (1278-1305), born. In 1290 Bilbo ---------- (in Shire Reconning), born. In 1292 Saidi, great ---------- poet (Orchard, Rose Garden) dies. In 1364 Battle of Auray, ---------- forces defeat French at Brittany. In 1513 ---------- Nuez de Balboa is the first European to see the Pacific Ocean. In 1520 King Henry VIII of England orders bowling lanes to be built at---------- , in London. In 1520 Martin ---------- publicly burned papal edict demanding that he recant. In 1540 Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius---------- . In 1541---------- , Chile founded. in 1543, who published a theory that planets revolve around the sun? In 1583 ---------- Alighieri Day. In 1620 The Mayflower sets sail from ---------- with 102 Pilgrims. In 1632 Sir ---------- Wren, England, astronomer/great architect, born. In 1666 Great London ---------- begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed. In 1672 (Italy) Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of---------- . In 1686 1st volume of ---------- Newton's "Principia" published.
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