Modern Era Historical Milestones

Question 1

The Portuguese are expelled again from their Solor fort by the Dutch following a reoccupation

1619

1636

1692

Question 2

Suleiman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire, dies

1498

1676

1566

Question 3

Qing dynasty attacked Joseon dynasty

1637

1781

1733

1545

1779

Question 4

War of 27 Years between the Marathas and Mughals ends in India

1707

1692

1585

1767

Question 5

Wang Yangming, the Chinese philosopher and governor of Jiangxi province, describes his intent to use the firepower of the fo-lang-ji, a breech-loading Portuguese culverin, in order to suppress the rebellion of Prince Zhu Chen-hao

1528

1554

1519

Question 6

Famine in Czech lands kills hundreds of thousands

1737

1750

1770

1713

1589

Question 7

James Cook becomes the first European to land on the Hawaiian Islands

1556

1784

1778

1576

Question 8

The Battle of Flodden Field in which invading Scots are defeated by Henry VIII's forces

1787

1513

1630

1696

Question 9

Catherine de' Medici instigates the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre which takes the lives of Protestant leader Gaspard de Coligny and thousands of Huguenots. The violence spreads from Paris to other cities and the countryside

1764

1572

Question 10

"The Marriage of Figaro", opera composed by Mozart

1647

1786

1651

1661

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