Hall One · Historical Events
The Events Hall
The Events Hall is a free online guessing game. Think of any historical event, from ancient battles to modern milestones, and answer the AI's yes or no questions. It closes in, usually in under fifteen questions. No signup, no download, just play in your browser.
A turn, for example
Did it happen before the year 1000?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know
- Probably
- Probably not
The same five answers, every turn. The field of candidates narrows with each one.
Browse the collection
154 events, 5 eras
Every event has a page of its own. 154 of 154 have completed fact review, and you'll see play statistics on each page once real games have been recorded.
Ancient
Antiquity through the end of the classical world. 2560 BCE to 532 CE. 34 events.
- Assassination of Julius Caesar44 BCE
- Battle of Actium31 BCE
- Battle of Adrianople378 CE
- Battle of Cannae216 BCE
- Battle of Gaugamela331 BCE
- Battle of Marathon490 BCE
- Battle of Salamis480 BCE
- Battle of Thermopylae480 BCE
- Battle of Zama202 BCE
- Colossus of Rhodes completed280 BCE
- Construction of the Colosseum completed80 CE
- Construction of the Great Pyramid of Gizac. 2560 BCE
- Construction of the Parthenon completed438 BCE
- Crossing of the Rubicon49 BCE
- Crucifixion of Jesusc. 30 to 33 CE
- Death of Alexander the Great323 BCE
- Edict of Milan313 CE
- Eruption of Mount Vesuvius (destruction of Pompeii)79 CE
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire476
- First Council of Nicaea325 CE
- First Olympic Games776 BCE
- Founding of Rome753 BCE (traditional)
- Great Fire of Rome64 CE
- Great Wall of China begins construction7th century BCE
- Hanging Gardens of Babylon built6th century BCE
- Hippocrates founds medicine as a disciplinec. 400 BCE
- Library of Alexandria founded3rd century BCE
- Nika riots532
- Reign of Tutankhamun beginsc. 1332 BCE
- Rosetta Stone created196 BCE
- Sack of Rome by the Visigoths410 CE
- Terracotta Army buried with Qin Shi Huang210 BCE
- The Bronze Age collapsec. 1177 BCE
- Trial and death of Socrates399 BCE
Medieval
The long centuries between Rome and the Renaissance. 751 CE to 1485. 29 events.
- Battle of Bosworth Field1485 CE
- Battle of Hastings1066
- Battle of Talas751
- Concordat of Worms1122 CE
- Construction of Angkor Watearly 12th century
- Construction of Notre-Dame de Paris begins1163
- Coronation of Charlemagne800 CE
- English Peasants' Revolt1381
- Fall of Constantinople1453
- First Crusade1096-1099
- First recorded use of gunpowder weapons in China10th century
- Founding of Great Zimbabwec. 1100
- Founding of the University of Oxfordc. 1096
- Gutenberg prints the Bible (printing press)1450s
- Invention of the mechanical clock13th century
- Leaning Tower of Pisa construction begins1173
- Leif Erikson reaches North Americac. 1000
- Magna Carta1215
- Marco Polo's journey to China1271-1295
- Sack of Constantinople (1204)1204 CE
- Sicilian Vespers1282
- Siege of Baghdad by the Mongols1258
- The Anarchy (English civil war of Stephen and Matilda)1138
- The Black Death reaches Europe1347
- The Jacquerie peasant revolt1358
- Union of Kalmar1397 CE
- Viking settlement of Iceland874
- War of the Bucket1325
- Zheng He's treasure voyages1405-1433
Early Modern
Exploration, revolution, and empire. 1492 to 1791. 24 events.
- Battle of Cajamarca1532
- Battle of Karansebes1788
- Battle of Lepanto1571
- Boston Tea Party1773
- Columbus reaches the Americas1492
- Dancing Plague of 15181518
- Defeat of the Spanish Armada1588
- Defenestration of Prague1618
- Diet of Worms1521
- French Revolution (Storming of the Bastille)1789
- Great Fire of London1666
- Haitian Revolution1791
- Laki eruption in Iceland1783
- Martin Luther posts the 95 Theses1517
- Peace of Westphalia1648 CE
- Pueblo Revolt1680
- Pugachev's Rebellion1773-1775 CE
- Sack of Rome by imperial troops1527
- Salem witch trials1692
- Signing of the Declaration of Independence1776
- Signing of the United States Constitution1787
- The War of Jenkins' Ear1739
- Tulip mania collapse1637
- Voyage of the Mayflower1620
Modern
Industry, world wars, and the century that shaped today. 1803 to 1989. 62 events.
- Armistice ending World War I1918
- Assassination of Abraham Lincoln1865
- Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand1914
- Assassination of John F. Kennedy1963
- Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.April 4, 1968
- Attack on Pearl Harbor1941
- Battle of Adwa1896
- Battle of Gettysburg1863
- Battle of TrafalgarOctober 21, 1805
- Battle of Waterloo1815
- California Gold Rush1848
- Challenger disaster1986
- Chernobyl disaster1986
- Congress of Berlin1878 CE
- Cuban Missile Crisis1962
- D-Day (Normandy landings)1944
- Discovery of penicillin1928
- Discovery of the Antikythera mechanism1901
- Dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima1945
- Emancipation Proclamation1863
- Emu War1932
- Fall of Saigon1975
- Fall of the Berlin Wall1989
- First powered flight by the Wright brothers1903
- Great Molasses Flood of Boston1919
- Halifax Explosion1917
- Hindenburg disaster1937
- Independence of IndiaAugust 15, 1947
- Indian Rebellion of 18571857
- Iranian Constitutional Revolution1905-1911 CE
- Krakatoa eruption1883
- Launch of Sputnik1957
- Louisiana Purchase1803
- Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech1963
- Moon landing (Apollo 11)1969
- Morant Bay rebellion1865
- Napoleon's invasion of Russia1812
- Ratification of the 19th Amendment (women's suffrage)1920
- Russian Revolution (October Revolution)1917
- San Francisco earthquake of 19061906
- Signing of the Treaty of Versailles1919
- Sinking of the Lusitania1915
- Sinking of the Titanic1912
- Spanish flu pandemic1918
- Start of Prohibition in the United States1920
- Taiping Rebellion1850
- Tanganyika laughter epidemic1962
- Tanguturi Prakasam's defiance at Madras1928
- The Carrington Event (solar storm)1859
- The Cod Wars1958
- The Great Stink of London1858
- The Mfecane1815
- The Tunguska event1908
- The Xinhai Revolution1911
- The Year Without a Summer (Tambora aftermath)1816
- Trail of Tears1838
- V-E Day (end of World War II in Europe)1945
- Vardar OffensiveN/A
- Wall Street Crash of 19291929
- War of the Golden Stool1900
- Watergate scandal and Nixon's resignation1974
- Zanzibar Revolution1964
Contemporary
Living memory. 1994 to 2020. 5 events.
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Before you begin
How many questions does it take?
Usually under fifteen. The average across real games is published on the home page ledger, and it's blank until enough games have finished to make the number mean anything.
Is it free?
Yes. Every hall is free to play, with no signup and no download.
Do I need an account?
No. There's no account to create. Your streak is saved on your own device and nowhere else.
What is in the collection?
154 events across five eras, from the ancient world to living memory. 154 have been through fact review by the Guessarium editorial team.