History Timeline Quiz for May 26, 2024
Play the archived history timeline quiz from May 26, 2024. Review the events, place them in order, and compare your chronology skills with previous daily challenges.
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The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
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Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
3
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan plateau. It has the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400 km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.
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Historical events from the May 26, 2024 quiz
This archived daily quiz includes the events below.
- 1The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.
- 2Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
- 3A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan plateau. It has the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400 km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.
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