Wherio #45 — August 26th, 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. A sugar planter frees the people he enslaved and calls for rebellion against colonial rule.
Answer: 🇨🇺 Cuba · October 10th, 1868
The call by Carlos Manuel de Cespedes began Cuba's Ten Years' War.
2. The last known thylacine dies in a zoo.
Answer: 🇦🇺 Australia · September 7th, 1936
The 'Tasmanian tiger' was declared protected 59 days earlier.
3. A Spanish colony gains independence with its new government based on a volcanic island near the equator.
Answer: 🇬🇶 Eq. Guinea · October 12th, 1968
Equatorial Guinea's first constitution took effect as Spanish rule ended.
4. A guild of unmarried foreign merchants completes an ornate trading house beside a Baltic river port.
Answer: 🇱🇻 Latvia · 1334
The guild hall was rebuilt after WWII destruction.
5. A newly elected assembly abolishes a 240-year-old monarchy and declares a republic.
Answer: 🇳🇵 Nepal · May 28th, 2008
Nepal's assembly ended the Shah dynasty's 240-year monarchy.
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- A tiny Baltic duchy builds one of Europe’s largest merchant fleets at its own ice-free ports.
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