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Оглавление1 Which 6th Earl of Leicester defeated Henry III at the Battle of Lewes in 1264?
2 Which Earl of Essex was beheaded on Tower Hill on July 28, 1540?
3 Which airmail pilot won the $25,000 Orteig Prize in 1927?
4 The Year of the Five [Roman] Emperors (193 AD) ended with which man in power?
5 Which Carthaginian general defeated a Roman army at Cannae in 216 BC?
6 The 1881 “Gunfight at the OK Corral” took place where in Arizona?
7 Daniel Lambert (1770–1809) was famous for what reason?
8 Which empire’s government was known as the “Sublime Porte”?
9 Played on film by Vincent Price, Matthew Hopkins took what job title in 1644?
10 Which organisation was formed in 1930 as the female branch of the Hitler Youth?
11 Marie Antoinette was the 15th child of which Holy Roman Emperor?
12 William III’s top general, Frederick Herman, Duke of Schomberg, was killed at which 1690 battle?
13 The Pratzen Heights was a vital area of high ground in which 1805 battle?
14 Author of The Tudor Revolution in Government (1953), which historian was born Gottfried Rudolf Ehrenberg?
15 Which battle spawned the famous epitaph beginning: “Go tell the Spartans”?
16 In honour of the sun god Aton, the Egyptian ruler Amenhotep IV renamed himself what?
17 The Mayaguez incident was the last official battle of which war?
18 Which Norman king was the husband of Matilda of Flanders?
19 Pope Clement VII refused King Henry VIII’s request to do what?
20 Which infamous Dutchwoman is pictured?
