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| This event ended with the Chernigov Regiment revolt. Early elements of this event formed the Union of Salvation and the Union of Prosperity; the collapse of those groups led to the formation of the Northern Society who named Prince Trubetskoy as dictator. Led by Pavel Pestel, members of this uprising sought the creation of a constitutional monarchy and the abolition of serfdom following the death of Alexander I. This event saw a failed attempt to seize the Winter Palace and it was led by a group of soldiers who protested the removal of Constantine in favor of the assumption of Nicholas I as emperor. For 10 points, name this Russian revolt of 1825. | Decembrist revolt |
| This man compared one of his military actions to a hunter bagging a fox. While in India, he negotiated the Permanent Settlement and led British forces in the siege of Seringapatam during the Third Anglo-Mysore War. This man also signed the Treaty of Amiens with Napoleon and was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland during the 1798 Irish Rebellion. In another position, this man was victorious at the Battle of Camden but was trapped by a naval force under the Comte de Grasse near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. For 10 points, name this British officer who surrendered his troops at the Battle of Yorktown. | Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis |
| An attempt to resupply this man was halted after a defeat at the Battle of Metaurus River. He also led a decisive victory at the Siege of Saguntum. In another battle, he placed his troops in a V shape with the cavalry on the flanks; the cavalry was then able to swing around and encircle the enemy army. In addition to this man’s decisive victories at the Battle of Lake Trasimene and Cannae, he lost a battle after loud battle horns caused his elephants to charge into his own cavalry lines. For 10 points, name this man who lost to Scipio at the Battle of Zama, a Carthaginian general who invaded Italy during the Second Punic War. | Hannibal |
| This man fled to Jamaica after early military failures, then led a small group that captured Angostura. After his early attempts at democracy failed, he issued the “Organic Decree of Dictatorship” and the “Decree of War to the Death” to justify his ruthless practices. In 1822, he met Jose de San Martin at the Guayaquil Conference. With the aid of Francisco Santander and Jose Antonio Sucre, this first president of Gran Colombia won the battles of Ayacucho, Junin, Carabobo, Pichincha and Boyaca against Spanish forces. For 10 points, identify this South American revolutionary known as “The Liberator.” | Simon Bolívar |
| One side in this battle was primarily commanded by Hugh Dowdy. Another side’s defeat at this battle led to the dismantling of the proposed Operation Sea Lion. Most of the fighting during this battle occurred after “Eagle Day”; the failure of that day led one side to declare “never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”. This battle saw some of the earliest uses of radar in the Chain Home defense system and it pitted such combatants as the Junkers Ju 87 and the Messerschmitt Bf 109 against the Hurricane and the Spitfire. For 10 points, name this 1940 battle fought between the Luftwaffe and the Royal Air Force. | Battle of Britain |
| Casualties in this battle include Edward of Norwich and the Duke of Brabant. The Siege of Harfleur occurred before this battle, which saw Thomas Epringham lead a group of archers. This battle occurred while one side was on a march to Calais, and it resulted in the Treaty of Troyes. Occurring on St. Crispin’s day, this battle saw Charles D’Albert of France lose to Henry V of England. For 10 points, name this battle in which French knights bogged down on a muddy field became easy prey for English archers, fought during the Hundred Years War. | Battle of Agincourt |
| At one battle in this conflict, Louis Boufflers led six cavalry charges before retreating along with Claude Villars. At another battle, troops of the Duc de Tallard drowned in the Danube after losing to the duke of Marlborough. This conflict, which includes the battles of Malplaquet and Blenheim, was noted for the military success of Prince Eugene of Savoy and was fought in North America as *Queen Anne’s War. It was sparked after the death of Charles II when English, Dutch and Holy Roman Empire forces feared a unified Bourbon crown. For 10 points, name this 1701-1714 conflict ended by the Treaty of Utrecht, fought over the next in line to an Iberian nation. | War of the Spanish Succession |
| This man’s father defeated Shah Ismail at the Battle of Chaldiran. He himself installed John Zapolya on the Hungarian throne. Failures of this one time governor of the Kaffa region include his lose to the Knights of St. John while trying to recapture Malta and a naval loss at Tunis. This man who defeated Louis II at the Battle of Mohacs expelled the Knights Hospitallers from Rhodes. The son of Selim I, this man led a successful conquest of Belgrade and also led a failed siege of Vienna in 1529. 10 points, identify this longest reigning Ottoman Sultan sometimes known as “the lawmaker”. | Suleiman the Magnificent (accept Suleiman I, |
| The Count d’Eu led his side to victory in the final stages of this war and installed Ciro Antonio Rivarola as the loosing country’s president. The Presidente Hayes Department was so named following a boundary dispute after this conflict. Francisco Barroso led his side to victory at a key naval battle that was fought near the Corrientes province, the Battle of Riachuelo. The widespread sickness due to disease prompted the Duke of Caxias to build a medical center for his soldiers. This conflict started when the Colorado Party of Uruguay staged a coup against the Blanco party, and saw the death of Francisco Solano Lopez. 10 points, identify this South American conflict that pitted Paraguay against three opponents. | War of the Triple Alliance |
| This battle opened with an attack on Hagerstown Turnpike. Prior to this battle, one side intercepted the opposing side’s battle plans wrapped around a bundle of cigars. The Sunken Road was used as trench during this battle. One group of Confederates forces during this battle marched in later in the day following a decisive victory at Harper’s Ferry. This battle saw heavy fighting at Miller’s Cornfield, and was part of the first major Confederate offensive into the north. For 10 points, name this 1862 battle of the Civil War that prompted Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, the bloodiest single day battle in American history that is sometimes referred to as Sharpsburg. | Battle of Antietam |
| Groups known as the Maquis fought against this man’s government for over 20 years. Earlier, he led troop landings while a colonel during the Rif war. In another conflict, this future leader worked with a commander who coined the phrase “fifth column” and was aided by the Condor Legion. During his reign, independence was granted to Equatorial Guinea; Western Sahara was given up shortly after his death. The ETA separatist group was formed during the rule of this man, whose 1975 death led to the coronation of King Juan Carlos I. For 10 points, name this long time fascist dictator of Spain. | Francisco Franco |
| The First Battle of Krithia occurred during this campaign which also saw a disastrous landing at Cape Helles. One side during it was led by Otto von Sanders; another, composed of elements of the Mediterranean Expedition Force was led by Ian Hamilton. In Australia and New Zealand this campaign is commemorated by ANZAC day; the failure of this event for one side led to the demotion of First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill. This campaign also saw a successful defense led in part by Mustafa Kemal, a man who would later be known as Ataturk. For 10 points, name this disastrous Allied campaign during World War One, an attempt to capture Istanbul. | Dardanelles campaign or Battle of Gallipoli |
| Much of the fighting at this battle took place on Senlac Hill. Prior to this battle, the ruler of one side sent a force of housecarls to defeat Tostig and Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. Most of the forces of one side consisted of a type of militia called the fyrd and the events of this battle can found on the Bayeux tapestry. According to legend, the leader of one side was killed after he was struck in the eye with an arrow; that man was the Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson. For 10 points, name this 1066 battle, a victory for the Norman forces of William the Conqueror. | Battle of Hastings |
| In one of his campaigns, this man defeated Stefan Lazarevic and Beyezid the Thunderbolt at the Battle of Ankara. This man caused the downfall of the Tughlaq dynasty and dealt a crushing blow to the Golden Horde at the Battle of the Kondurcha River and the Battle of the Terek River. After detaining an envoy sent by the Emperor Hongwu, he led a short lived expedition against the Ming Dynasty. He defeated Nasi-u Din Mehmud, leading to his sack of Delhi, and placed the capital of his empire at Samarkand. For 10 points, identify this Asian conqueror that built huge pyramids of enemy skulls. | Tamerlane |
| One side in this conflict was at one point led by Axel Oxenstierna while one phase in this conflict was ended by the Battle of White Mountain. One battle during this conflict used mobile artillery to obliterate tightly packed enemy formations known as tercios. During this conflict, the Catholic League led by the Count of Tilly lost the Battle of Breitenfeld against Swedish forces led by Gustavus Adolphus. This conflict was sparked after an incident in which two royal officials were thrown out of window, known as the 2nd Defenestration of Prague. For 10 points, name this conflict ended by the Peace of Westphalia that lasted from 1618-1648. | Thirty Years’ War |
| This man’s successful Italian campaign led to the Treaty of Campo Formio. He defeated Michael von Melas near Piedmont at the the Battle of Marengo and he signed the Treaty of Tilsit with the Tsar Alexander I. In Egypt, his victory at the Battle of the Pyramids saw the defeat of the Mamluks. This man’s victories at Jena-Auerstedt, Morengo and Austerlitz contributed to the eventual signing of the Peace of Pressburg. Horatio Nelson defeated this man at the Battle of the Nile before defeating him again at the Battle of Trafalgar. For 10 points, name this French ruler that saw the end of his 100 day return from exile after his loss at Waterloo. | Napoleon I |
| One side in this battle had been provoked following an alliance between Eudo and Othman. It took place near an abbey known for its great wealth; the week prior to this battle saw one side send off men to secure large amounts of loot. This battle consisted of one side charging with cavalry, unable to break through squares of disciplined Frankish soldiers. Afterwards, the winning side established the Carolingian dynasty and the losing side fled through the Pyrennes. One side in this battle was led by Abd er-Rahman, an Umayyad governor who ruled in Spain. For 10 points, name this victory for Charles Martel, a 732 battle that halted Muslim expansion into Western Europe. | Battle of Tours or Battle of Poitiers |
| Benjamin Franklin wrote to the leader that struck up the Riot Act to congratulate him on his handling of this event. John Hancock decided to grant a large pardon that only caused Charles Rose and John Bly to be executed. This event co-lead by Luke Day saw a skirmish when a militia led by William Shepherd fired. The person who eventually put down this had previously surrendered to Cornwallis at Charleston. Benjamin Lincoln put down this event which included an attack on the Springfield armory. For 10 points, name this 1780 uprising in Western Massachusetts that showed the true weakness of the Articles of Confederation. | Shays’ Rebellion |
| One side in this battle had been plotting with the exiled tyrant Hippias. Taking place along the Charadra River, this battle was the decisive victory during an invasion prompted by the Ionian revolts. One side in this battle was led by Miltiades the Younger while another side was led by Artaphernes and Datis, general of the Achaemenid Emperor Darius I. However, this battle is typically remembered for the actions later taken by Pheilippides. For 10 points, name this 490 B.C. Athenian victory over the Persians which in its aftermath saw a Greek messenger run about 26 miles to deliver the good news. | Battle of Marathon |
| The Ladies in White was a movement originally formed to oppose the government of this man. Early in his career he was reported on by New York Times reporter Herbert Matthews. This man headed the 26th of July Movement; earlier he delivered the History Will Absolve Me Speech following a failed raid on the Moncada Barracks. This man who overthrew Fulgencio Batista was the target of the Bay of Pigs Invasion and originally collaborated with Che Guevara. For 10 points, name this man who in 2008 handed over power to his brother Raul, the longtime communist dictator of Cuba. | Fidel Castro |
| This document’s transfer of the Shandong Province to Japan led to the May 4th riots in Beijing. It also gave Belgium the colonies of Rwanda and Burundi, while South Africa was given Namibia. The Dawes Plan was an attempt to implement most of the articles of this document, which created the free city of Danzig and gave part of Upper Silesia to newly independent Poland. It was heavily criticized in the work The Economic Consequences of the Peace. This document turned the Rhineland into a demilitarized zone and charged Kaiser Wilhelm II as a war criminal. For 10 points, name this treaty that placed harsh reparations on Germany and ended World War One. | Treaty of Versailles |
| This man is sometimes referred to as “The Hero of Two Worlds” for his work in South American and Europe.Name this Italian revolutionary figure and head of the Redshirts | Giuseppe Garibaldi |
| While a youth, Garibaldi joined this revolutionary organization extremely popular in Italy. This group had a name meaning “charcoal burners” and eventually joined with Mazzini’s Young Italy movement. | Carbonari |
| Garibaldi led this 1860-1861 military campaign that led to the collapse of the Kingdom of the Sicilies and was a key step in Italian unification. | Expedition of a Thousand |
| This man defeated Gelimer in one battle that came after an earlier victory at the Battle of Ad Decimum. Name this victorious commander at the 533 CE Battle of Tricameron. | Belisarius |
| Earlier, Belisarius put down this 532 uprising in Constantinople fought between the Blue and Green factions who had supported opposing sides of a chariot race. | Nika riots |
| The aforementioned Battle of Tricameron was fought against this Germanic tribe that sacked Rome in 455 and ruled in North Africa until the resurgence of the Byzantine Empire under Justinian. | Vandals |
| The Treaty of Moultrie Creek was one document signed during a war with this Native American tribe. Name that Florida tribe that fought against the U.S. government throughout the 19th century.: | Seminoles |
| During the Second Seminole War, Native American forces were led by this man who resisted the Treaty of Payne’s Landing. He died in 1838 after being captured on the orders of General Jesup. | ANSWER: Osceola |
| Among the members of the Seminole tribe was this earlier tribe that lived in northern Georgia and southern South Carolina. They fought British settlers in South Carolina in a namesake 1715-1717 war and then fled south into Florida. | ANSWER: Yamasee |
| According to legend, one commander in this battle had a vision instructing him to mark his soldiers’ shields with a Latin cross. Name this 313 CE battle, a victory for Constantine the Great against Maxentius. | Battle of Milvian Bridge |
| Constantine the Great was the first Roman Emperor to practice this religion. | Christianity |
| In the aftermath of the battle, Constantine signed the Edict of Milan with this emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, thus proclaiming religious freedom throughout the empire. | Licinius (accept Valerius Licinianus Licinius) |
| 17 Answer these questions about the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key wrote The Star Spangled Banner during the British siege of this fort in Baltimore harbor. | ANSWER: Fort McHenry |
| [10] Among the cause of the war was this British policy of forcing captured U.S. sailors to serve in the British navy. | impressments |
| British forces won a bloody victory at this 1814 battle fought near Niagara Falls in Canada. During it, American forces under Jacob Brown and Winfield Scott were forced to retreat back to Fort Erie | Battle of Lundy’s Lane |
| This military plan heavily relied on a slow Russian response and was the subject of the request “remember to keep the right flank strong”. Name this German military plan to defeat both France and Russia in a two front war, named for a German field marshal.: | Schlieffen Plan |
| The Schlieffen Plan essentially failed following a German defeat in this 1914 battle at the outskirts of Paris. During the battle, Parisian taxi cabs rushed French troops to the front lines | First Battle of the Marne |
| During the First Battle of Marne, German forces were commanded by this Chief of Staff who has been criticized for moving too many troops to the Eastern Front, weakening German forces in the west and possibly causing the collapse of the Schlieffen Plan. | Helmuth von Moltke the Younger |
| In 1274 and 1281, the Mongol Yuan Dynasty of China launched two unsuccessful invasions of Japan. Both invasions were largely repelled by this “divine wind”. This term was later used to describe Japanese suicide pilots during World War Two. | kamikaze |
| [10] The first organized kamikaze attacks during World War Two occurred during this October 1944 naval battle of the Pacific fought during the Philippines campaign. | Battle of Leyte Gulf |
| Throughout the 16th century, naval vessels called “turtle ships” repeatedly repelled Japanese invasions of this final Korean dynasty that lasted from 1392 until the early 20th century. | Joseon or Choson dynasty |
| The former Yugoslavia was involved in a bitter war in the 1990’s. This man who served as president of Serbia during the war ordered the four year siege of Sarajevo and died in 2006 after being tried in The Hague for crimes against humanity. | Slobodan Milosevic |
| This tribe was defeated at the Battle of Rorke’s Drift. Name this South African tribe that fought with the British during the 19th century.ift | Zulus |
| This Zulu leader of the early 19th century united several northern tribes to form a consolidated empire | Shaka Zulu |
| Name this brief 1939-1940 war fought between the Soviet Union and its northwestern neighbor | Russo-Finnish War or Winter War |
| As part of the treaty ending the war, the Soviet Union gained territory around this large lake used to transport resources during the Siege of Leningrad | Lake Ladoga |
| During the war, Finnish forces were led by this Chief of the Defense Forces, a future Finnish president who named a defensive line stretching from the Gulf of Finland to Lake Ladoga. | Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim |
| In 1967, Israel fought against Egypt, Jordan and Syria in a war that saw numerous territorial changes. For 10 points each:Name that war, so named for its extremely brief duration | Six-Day War |
| After the war, Israel gained this northeastern mountainous region from Syria. | Golan Heights |
| One of the catalysts of the war was Egypt’s decision to block this waterway connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba, thus blocking Israel’s passage to the Indian Ocean. | Straits of Tiran |
| Name this 15th century conflict between the York’s and the Lancaster’s that culminated at the Battle of Bosworth Field. | War of the Roses |
| The Battle of Bosworth Field ended with the death of this final king of the House of York, who was defeated in battle by the forces of the future Henry VII. | Richard III |
| Clashes between the York’s and Lancaster’s went as far back as the 1300’s following the death of the Black Prince, the heir apparent to this king who was in power during English victories at Poitiers and Crecy during the Hundred Years War. | Edward III |
| Name this “Splendid Little War” triggered by the explosion of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana harbor | Spanish-American war |
| After the war, American forces faced a rebellion in the newly conquered Philippines that ended with the surrender of this first Filipino president. | Emilio Aguinaldo |
| Another cause of the war was the New York Journal’s publishing of this letter in which a Spanish official described President McKinley as “weak” and a “low politician”. | De Lome letter |
| This man was pursued by General “Blackjack” Pershing following a 1916 raid on Columbus, New Mexico. Name this figure from the Mexican Revolution known for his incursions into the U.S | Pancho Villa |
| Villa at one point led the Division del Norte, a military group loyal to this Mexican leader from 1911-1913 who was succeeded by Victoriano Huerta following his assassination. | Francisco Madero |
| Madero was one of the figures who led the opposition to this man, Mexico’s president from 1876 to 1911 who worked with Benito Juarez in the country’s struggle against the French. | Porfirio Diaz |
| Name this 431 to 404 BC war fought primarily between Athens and Sparta. | Peloponnesian War |
| The Athenian side during the war was composed of member of this league that had its treasury on its namesake island. Athenian domination of this group led to the outbreak of the war. | Delian League |
| After the war, Athens was briefly ruled by this oligarchy composed of pro-Spartan members. Their rule lasted until 403 BC. | Thirty Tyrants |
| Name this 1189-1192 CE attempt to re-conquer the Holy Land. | Third Crusade |
| One of the initial European commanders of the Third Crusade was this loser at the Battle of Legnano, a Holy Roman Emperor with a nickname meaning “red beard”. | Frederick I or Frederick Barbarossa |
| Name this 1688 event that saw James II overthrown and replaced with William III and Mary II. | Glorious Revolution |
| Supporters of James II came to be known by this term; this group was effectively defeated at the 1746 Battle of Culloden Moor. | Jacobites |
| Three years before the Glorious Revolution, James II’s Roman Catholic religion made him the target of this plot led by James Scott. Members of this plot were executed during the Bloody Assizes. | Monmouth Rebellion |
| Name this final ruler of the Persian Achaemenid Empire who lost the battles of Issus and Gaugamela. | Darius III |
| Darius III lost the aforementioned battles to this son of Philip II who established an empire stretching from Greece to Afghanistan. | Alexander the Great or Alexander III |
| Due to his slapping incident, General Patton led the fictional First U.S. Army Group, meant to convince Germans of an invasion at this closest French town to England. | Calais |
| Some of the heaviest fighting took place at this beach, which along with Utah beach was one of the U.S. beaches. | Omaha beach |
| Name this 1790’s rebellion in Pennsylvania caused by an unpopular tax on an alcoholic beverage. | Whiskey Rebellion |
| Violent opposition to the whiskey tax in other parts of the country led to a split in opinions between Alexander Hamilton and this first Attorney General under Washington. | Edmund Randolph |
| Federal troops during the rebellion were commanded by this former Revolutionary War commander, whose cavalry skill led to his nickname as “Light Horse Harry” | Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee |
| Name this 1954 battle near modern day Vietnam’s border with Laos which effectively ended French rule in Indochina. | Battle of Dien Bien Phu |
| Name this 1846-1848 which forced one side to cede what is now California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah. | Mexican-American war |
| Among the American commanders during the war was this man who led U.S. forces at the Battle of Chapultepec. He lost to Franklin Pierce in the election of 1852 and developed the Anaconda plan during the Civil War. | Winfield Scott |
| A Pennsylvania Congressman proposed this rider which would have banned slavery in any territory acquired via the war. It continually passed in the House but failed in the Senate where the south held more power. | Wilmot proviso |
| This man rescued in the Gran Sasso raid gained power with the passing of the Acerbo Law.Name this fascist Italian dictator during World War Two. | Benito Mussolini |
| Mussolini oversaw this 1929 treaty with the Vatican that granted full sovereignty to the Holy See and settled issues regarding the role of the Catholic Church in Italy. | Lateran Pact/Treaty/Accord |
| An unpopular poll tax was among the causes of a 1381 English peasant’s revolt. The revolt was led by Jack Straw, John Ball, and this man who was killed by William Walworth at a meeting in Smithfield. | Wat Tyler |
