Across Time and Place Trivia Quiz

Answer: 430

In 410, the Visigoths (led by Alaric) sacked Rome, and Roman troops withdraw from Britain to protect Rome thus, de facto, Britain was then independent - and abandoned.

In 430, the Saxons had settled in Kent, round London and on the coast near the Wash and the Humber estuary.

In 432, St Patrick is made a bishop at Auxerre (in Burgundy, France) and is sent on a mission to convert the Irish to Christianity. His ministry in Ireland lasts for 29 years.

In 436, The Burgunds are trounced by the Huns (this event was retold in the medieval epic, the "Nibelungenlied" - and inspired part of the Wagner's fourth opus of his tetralogy).

In 451, Attila is defeated by a coalition formed of a Roman army and of Germanic tribes (Visigoths, Burgunds, Alans and some Franks).

In 496, Clovis King of the Franks - the first French king - was baptized. (The names Louis, Lewis, Luigi, Luis, Ludovic, Lodwick, Ludwig, Lodewijk etc. are all derived from the name Clovis (in germano-latin : Hlodovicus)). He was the first Catholic King. Previously all the converted Germanic tribes (Visigoths, Burgundians, etc.) were considered heretics since they were Arians, that is, followers of the the doctrines of Arius which did not accept the equality of all three persons of the Holy Trinity. Clovis eventually won against the other barbarians in France, allowing the Catholicism to flourish. That's why, later, France was nicknamed 'the oldest daughter of the church'.

Answer: 476

476 : Final fall of the Western Roman Empire.
800 : Coronation of Charlemagne.
955 : The Magyars (Hungarians) were defeated in the Battle of Lechfeld by the Germans, led by Otto I.
1099 : Jerusalem is taken by the Frankish Crusaders.

Answer: Louis IX

Louis IX (1214-1270), aka Saint Louis was canonized in 1297. It was under his patronage that Robert of Sorbon founded the "Collège de la Sorbonne" in 1257, which became the seat of the theological faculty of Paris. (The University of Paris is older, having been founded c. 1150). He was renowned for his charity. The peace and blessings of the realm come to us through the poor, he would say. Beggars were fed from his table, he ate what they left over, washed their feet, ministered to the wants of the lepers, and daily fed over one hundred poor. He founded many hospitals.

St. Louis also led two crusades - the 7th and 8th - but died of the plague during the last one in Tunis, in what his modern Tunisia).

Answer: 800

Charlemagne (Carolus Magnus in Latin) means Charles (Karl) the tall in Old French. He was about 1.90 meters tall (6'3") what was very unusual and impressive at that time. It is also taken to mean "Charles the Great". He was crowned emperor on the Christmas Day of 800 by pope Leo III.
Charlemagne was the grandson of Charles Martel who had stopped the Islamic invasion of south-west Europe in 732.

Answer: True

The French King Louis VI, that was nicknamed "the fat" (Louis VI "Le Gros") was the French king of this time. He is also known to have reinforced the royal authority.

Answer: 1185

Pope Urban II, at Clermont in France in November 1095, called for a great Christian expedition to free Jerusalem from the Seljuk Turks, a new Muslim power that had started to harass Christian pilgrims going to Jerusalem. By 1099 the Frankish crusaders had taken Jerusalem. It was the beginning of a Frankish realm in Jerusalem that lasted for two centuries.
The Crusaders called this area Outremer, French for "beyond the seas." The First Crusade was the wonder of its day. It attracted no European kings and few major nobles, drawing mainly lesser barons and their followers. They came primarily from the lands of French culture and language, which is why Westerners in Outremer were referred to as Franks.
It has to be noted that Jerusalem was lost to Saladin after the Battle of Hattin in 1187.
In 1228 Sixth Crusade begins. Led by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, the Sixth Crusade successfully regains control of the city of Jerusalem in 1229 after making a treaty with the Muslim Sultan.

Informations mainly based on :

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761561210/Crusades.html

Answer: Kurds

The Kurds (like Persians, i.e currently Iranians) speak an Indo-European language, unlike the Arabs who speak a Semitic language.

Answer: 1571

The fleets of Spain and of the Venetian Republic (213 vessels in all) defeated the Ottoman fleet composed of 300 vessels).
It is interesting to notice several facts about this battle:
1. On both sides, the crews were to a large extent Greek.
2. The novellist Cervantes lost his left hand during the battle.

Lepanto was also the first major Ottoman defeat by the Christian powers, and it ended the myth of Ottoman naval invincibility.

Answer: France

The choice of a Bourbon for the Spanish throne led to a major European war - the War of Spanish Succession (1701-13). The kings of Spain are still Bourbons.

Answer: 1649

After Cromwell died in 1658, his son Richard, became Lord Protector but resigned in 1659. (The republic was beset by serious disagreements within the army, which had been Cromwell's key power-base). In 1660, Parliament invited Charles Stuart to rule as King Charles II.

There were negotiations between Charles II and Parliament, and Charles II did not return as an absolute monarch. The former king, Charles I (the father of Charles II) had been beheaded in 1649.

Answer: 85,000

At first glance, the war looked like a mismatch. English troops
outnumbered French troops almost 2-to-1. English colonies had
their own militias and produced their own food. French settlements had to rely on soldiers hired by fur-trading companies and on food from the homeland.

Answer: 1819

Alexandrina Victoria, the only child of Edward, Duke of Kent and Victoria Maria Louisa of Saxe-Coburg, was born in 24th May 1819. The Duke of Kent was the fourth son of George III and Victoria Maria Louisa was the sister of the future King Leopold of Belgium.

The Duke and Duchess of Kent selected the name Victoria but her uncle, George IV, insisted that she be named Alexandrina after her godfather, Tsar Alexander II of Russia.

Answer: 1871

In July 1871, Rome became the capital of the united Italy.
Italy had became a new state (the kingdom of Italy) in February 1861 with Victor Emmanuel as King.
The German Empire (Second Reich) also became a newly united state on January 18, 1871.

Answer: 1959

The date of admission to statehood was August 21, 1959. It is the 50th state.

Answer: 1946

Those islands were first sighted by Magellan's expedition in 1521 Then it was colonized by the Spanish after 1565. They came under U.S. control in 1898 after the Spanish-American War. A commonwealth was created in 1935 and full independence was achieved in 1946.