Wherio · June 6th, 2026
Five real historical events. Guess where each one happened, then compare your score with the answers and locations below.
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1. In 2011, a vast, landlocked East African territory voted by 98.83 percent to become the world's newest country.
Answer: 🇸🇸 S. Sudan · January 9th, 2011
The 2011 South Sudanese independence referendum paved the way for South Sudan to become independent that July.
2. In 1860, Giuseppe Garibaldi's volunteers landed on Sicily and conquered the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
Answer: 🇮🇹 Italy · May 11th, 1860
The Expedition of the Thousand helped bring Naples and Sicily into the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.
3. In 1580, Juan de Garay re-founded a settlement on the western shore of the Río de la Plata.
Answer: 🇦🇷 Argentina · June 11th, 1580
Juan de Garay re-founded Buenos Aires in Argentina on June 11, 1580.
4. Around 900 BC, Lapita seafarers made their first landfall on Tongatapu, an island in the South Pacific.
Answer: 🇹🇴 Tonga · c. 900 BC
The Lapita people reached Tonga around 900 BC, first making landfall on Tongatapu.
5. In 1293, Raden Wijaya founded a Hindu-Buddhist empire on Java after driving out a Yuan expedition.
Answer: 🇮🇩 Indonesia · 1293
Majapahit was a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist empire founded by Raden Wijaya in 1293.
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