Quiz: The French Revolution

Liberty Leading the People - Eugène Delacroix (1830)
Liberty Leading the People - Eugène Delacroix (1830)

Quiz: The French Revolution

13 July 2017 / 0 Comments
Quiz

From La Bastille and Louis XVI to Robespierre and Madame Guillotine, how much do you know about the French Revolution?

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Fact of the Day

Pope John XII was rumoured to have turned an entire wing of the Lateran into a brothel, and was in the habit of drunkenly toasting Satan.

Quote of the Day

"<p>No-one loves armed missionaries</p>
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~ Robespierre, 1792

On This Day

356 BCE The (second?) temple of Artemis, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was - according to legend - burnt down by Herostratus, who was looking to become famous. It was later rebuilt by Alexander the Great (who happened to have been born on the same day).
365 A huge earthquake off the coast of Crete and its resultant tsunami caused devastation across the eastern Mediterranean, killing thousands.
1403 The Battle of Shrewsbury between Henry IV and Harry Hotspur was the first battle English archers fought each other on English soil.
1545 A French invasion force which landed on the Isle of Wight was repulsed by a local militia.
1683 William, Lord Russell, was executed for his part in the Rye House Plot against Charles II and the future James II. 
1796 Scottish poet Robert Burns died, possibly of a rheumatic heart condition, aged 37.
1861 The Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the American Civil War, resulted in victory for the Confederates.
1925 Malcolm Campbell broke the land speed record in Sunbeam breaking the 150mph barrier.
1931 A sterlisation bill introduced into the House of Commons by Major Church failed to be passed by 167 votes to 89. It was part of the eugenics movement and sought to legalise the voluntary sterlisation of the 'mentally defective', in an attempt to remove the 'socially inadequate' from society.
1944 German army officer Claus von Stauffenberg was executed for attempting to kill Adolf Hitler in the 20 July bomb plot of the previous day. He had been convicted in an impromptu court martial by co-conspirator Friedrich Fromm, who was hoping to save his own neck. It didn't work: he was arrested the following day and executed in 1945.
1994 Tony Blair became the new leader of the Labour Party following the unexpected death of John Smith.