Monday, February 14, 2011

[GAME] Can You PUt These Events in Chronological Order?

A bit of a game for you... no cheating!

Put these historical events in the order in which they occurred.
  1. Battle of Stamford Bridge
  2. Signing of the Magna Charta
  3. Death of William Rufus in the New Forest
  4. Building of Offa's Dyke
  5. Battle of Merzivan Plain
  6. Marriage of Henry V of England to Catherine Valois
  7. Death of Roland at Roncesvalles
  8. Birth of Edward II of England
  9. Battle of Clontarf
  10. Saladin retakes Jerusalem
  11. The Bonfire of the Vanities
  12. Viking raid on Lindisfarne
  13. Birth of Alfred the Great
  14. Coronation of Henry IV of France
  15. Eleanor of Aquitaine's divorce from the King of France
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2 comments:

  1. I got 10, I think. I’m not sure of Saladin’s dates, and don’t know about Offa’s Duke, but given it is Offa I assume it is before Alf the Great.
    1. Building of Offa's Dyke
    2. Birth of Alfred the Great
    3. Viking raid on Lindisfarne
    4. Battle of Stamford Bridge
    5. Death of William Rufus in the New Forest
    6. Eleanor of Aquitaine's divorce from the King of France
    7. Saladin retakes Jerusalem
    8. Signing of the Magna Charta
    9. Birth of Edward II of England
    10. Marriage of Henry V of England to Catherine Valois

    More games???
    Alex

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  2. whoops I put Alfred's birth before Lindisfarne, by mistake, it should be after.

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