Wherio · June 9th, 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 faction of the armed forces attempted to overthrow the government of a country spanning southeastern Europe and western Asia.
Answer: 🇹🇷 Turkey · Jul 15th, 2016
The Turkish coup d'état was an unsuccessful attempt by a faction of Turkey's armed forces to overthrow the government.
2. Polynesians settled a remote volcanic island in southeastern Oceania and traded with Mangareva.
Answer: 🇵🇳 Pitcairn Is. · 11th century
Pitcairn was first settled by Polynesians, centuries before the arrival of the Bounty mutineers.
3. Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaimed independence in the Caribbean, ending a 13-year revolution.
Answer: 🇭🇹 Haiti · Jan 1st, 1804
The Haitian Declaration of Independence proclaimed Haiti's independence from France.
4. Roman legions defeated King Perseus's army near the Aegean coast of the southern Balkans, ending the Antigonid kingdom.
Answer: 🇬🇷 Greece · Jun 22, 168 BC
The Battle of Pydna ended the Antigonid Kingdom of Macedon and brought Greece under Roman influence.
5. An escaped slave proclaimed himself king and led a revolt against Portuguese rule on an island in the Gulf of Guinea.
Answer: 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Principe · Jul 9th, 1595
Rei Amador led an unsuccessful slave revolt against Portuguese colonial rule in São Tomé and Príncipe.
More historical events
- The modern Olympic Games are revived in the country that invented them, with the marathon won by a local water carrier.
- A canal finally cuts through the isthmus linking the Peloponnese to the mainland.
- The luxury rail service that would later reach its Ottoman terminus beside the Bosporus begins its first journey.
- Formerly enslaved revolutionaries win independence from French colonial rule.
- A museum opens beneath a celebrated ancient hilltop citadel.
- Heinrich Schliemann excavates the site of Troy.