Important Dates in World History Quiz

Answer: 5 March 1953

Georgi Malenkov, designated by Stalin himself, succeeded as Chairman of Council of Ministers.

Answer: 24 July 1923

This was a peace settlement in 1923, between Greece and Turkey after Turkey refused to accept the terms of the Treaty of Sevres 1920, which would have made peace with the western Allies.

Answer: 9 May 1955

Answer: 22 December 1941

Answer: 25 August 1942

Answer: 28 April 1945

Answer: 20 July 1944

Colonel von Stauffenberg planted a bomb under the conference table at Hitler's headquarters in Rastenburg, East Prussia.

Answer: 4 March 1943

Answer: 17 July-2 August 1945

It was held between representatives of the USA, the UK and the USSR. They established the political and economic principles governing the treatment of Germany in the initial period of Allied control at the end of World War II, and sent an ultimatum to Japan demanding unconditional surrender on to be ready for utter destruction.

Answer: 20 October 1952

It was an offshoot of the Kikuyu Central Association that was banned in World War II. Its aim was to end British colonial rule.

Answer: 9 October 1899

The War, between 1899-1902, also known as the Boer War, was preceded by the armed Jameson Raid into the Boer {Transvaal;} it was a failed attempt,inspired by the Cape Colony Prime Minister Rhodes, to precipitate a revolt against Kruger, the Transvaal President.

Answer: 23 April 1661

Answer: 1 February 1958

It was broken in 1961. Egypt continued to use the name after the breakup, until 1971.

Answer: 16 May 1960

Khrushchev used the U-2 incident to break up the Summit because President Eisenhower refused to give a public apology for the incident and also refused to pledge that there would be no further intrusions into Soviet air space. The summit was also attended by Harold Macmillan of UK and Charles de Gaulle of France.

Answer: 5 March 1946

Winston Churchill, the former British PM delivered the speech in Fulton, Missouri,USA. He declared that Stalin has lowered an 'iron curtain....from Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic', and warned that the USSR was aiming for 'the infinite expansion of ts power and doctrines'. For many his speech symbolised the formal start of the Cold War.

Answer: 13 August 1704

In the War of the Spanish Succession, this was a decisive victory of Allied troops under Marlborough over French and Bavarian armies near the Bavarian village of Blenheim (now in Germany) on the left bank of the Danube. Although the war was to continue for a further eight years, Blenheim marked the turning point at which the power of France was first broken.

Answer: 25 December 1979

Amin was executed and Babrak Karmal (1929- ), the exiled leader of the gradualist Parcham (banner) faction of the PDPA, was installed as leader. The numbers of Soviet forces in Afghanistan grew to over 120,000 by 1985, as Muslim guerrilla resistance by the Mujaheddin 'holy warriors' continued. A war of attrition developed, with the USSR failing to gain control of rural areas.

Answer: 18 March 1970

The coup d'etat was led by Pol Pot of the Khmer Rouge Party.

Answer: 17 December 1971

The war resulted in the separation from West Pakistan from East Pakistan, which became independent and is now known as Bangladesh.
Pakistan was comprised of two exclaves prior to separation and the formation of Bangladesh.

Answer: 15 September 1935

As a result of the Nuremberg Laws, the Jews lost most of their civil rights, and the Swastika was made the country's official flag.

Answer: 23 March 1983

Better known as Star Wars, it was an attempt by the USA to develop a defense system against incoming nuclear missiles. It was based in part, outside the Earth's atmosphere. It was announced by President Ronald Reagan.

Answer: 3 March 1918

The Bilateral Treaty was signed between Russia and Germany, Austria-Hungary, and their allies. Under its terms, Russia agreed to recognize the independence of Georgia, the Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic States, and to pay heavy compensation.

Answer: 31 July 1917

In World War I, this was a successful but costly British operation to capture the Passchendaele ridge in western Flanders. it was a part of the third battle of Ypres Oct-Nov 1917. British casualties numbered nearly 400,000. The name is often erroneously applied to the whole of the battle of Ypres, but Passchendaele was in fact just part of that battle.

Answer: 10 September 1919

This 1919 treaty condemned the war between Austria and the Allies, and was signed at St Germain-en-Laye. Representatives of the USA signed it, but because the US Senate failed to ratify the Treaty of Versailles, the Treaty of St Germain was not submitted to it. The USA made a separate peace with Austria in 1921.

Answer: 15 June 1941

In World War II, this was an unsuccessful British offensive in the Western Desert intended to relieve Tobruk and recapture Cyrenaica. Three columns were used in the attack, one advancing toward the Halfaya Pass,one to Capuzzo, and one inland to the Hafid Ridge.