January 4 in History 46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1649 – English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial. 1717 – The Netherlands, Great Britain, and…
January 3 in History 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (except Jews) to make sacrifices to the Roman gods. 1521 – Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. 1653 – By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.…
January 2 in History AD 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire. 533 – Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation…
January 1 in History During the Middle Ages under the influence of the Catholic Church, many countries in western Europe decided to move the start of the year to one of several important Christian festivals – December 25 (the Nativity of Jesus), March…
Flannery O’Connor was an American writer. She wrote two novels and 32 short stories. Her Complete Stories won the 1972 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. 1. What was Flannery O’Connor’s first name? a) Hilda b) Mary c) Stephanie d)…
Herbert Henry Asquith Quiz Questions 1. When was Herbert Henry Asquith Prime Minister of UK? a) 1901-1905 b) 1908-1916 c) 1918-1922 d) 1895-1900 2. When was Herbert Henry Asquith born? a) 1 March 1853 b) 2 June 1854 c) 12…
Abdus Salam Quiz Questions (Some sources claim Abdus Salam was born in Santokdas.) 1. When did Abdus Salam win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1972 b) 1979 c) 1984 d) 1986 2. When was Abdus Salam born? a) 29 January…
1- When was Kuldip Nayar born? 6 January 1926 8 April 1924 14 August 1923 5 December 1922 Correct Answer: 14 August 1923 2- Where was Kuldip Nayar born? Ambala Bharatpur Karachi Sialkot Correct Answer: Sialkot 3- Where did Kuldip…
Inventions and Inventors A Air Brake : George Westinghouse, U.S.A. 1911. Air Conditioning : Willis Carrier, U.S.A. 1911. Airplane : engine-powered, Wilbur and Orville Wright, U.S.A., 1903. Airship : Henri Giffard, France, 1852; Ferdin von Zeppelin, Germany, 1900. Antibiotics :…