Random History Trivia

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Hint	Year	Answer
Which university is well known for being founded almost 400 years before the Aztec Empire was made?	1096	Oxford University
Which country had kings named Farouk and Fuad?	None	Egypt
What "House of Wisdom" was burnt down in 1258 due to a Mongol siege of the city?	1258	Baghdad House of Wisdom
Which battle during the Napoleonic Wars ensured British naval supremacy?	1805	Battle of Trafalgar
What territory was occupied and annexed by Russia, despite international backlash?	2014	Crimea
Where in North Carolina did the Wright Brothers fly their first plane?	None	Kitty Hawk
Which city is responsible for bringing the Black Plague to Europe, due to the sieging Mongols throwing corpses over the city walls?	1347	Feodosia
"The Troubles" were a conflict fought on what island?	Late 1960s-1998	Ireland
Who was the main Confederate general?	None	Robert E. Lee
What city was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated?	1914	Sarajevo