European History
From the fall of Rome to the present — the kingdoms, the schisms, the plagues, the revolutions, the unions, the wars, the modern EU. 117 events across fifteen centuries of European history.
What's in this category
European History spans from the collapse of the Western Roman Empire to today: the Frankish and Carolingian kingdoms, the Viking and Norse expansions, the Crusades, the Great Schism, the Black Death, the Renaissance and Reformation, the rise of the nation-state, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic era, 19th-century industrialisation and unification of Germany and Italy, the world wars, the Cold War division, the founding and expansion of the EU, and the modern political and economic shifts.
What it's not: country-specific deep dives live in their own categories (German, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Japanese, etc.). European History is the continental view — pan-European events, treaties, movements, conflicts.
Sample events
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire — 476 CE
- Battle of Tours — 732 CE
- Viking Siege of Paris — 845 CE
- Great Schism Splits Christianity — 1054
- Fall of Constantinople (representative) — 1453
- French Revolution Begins (representative) — 1789
- Treaty of Rome Signed (representative) — 1957
- European Court Rules Russia Killed Litvinenko — 2021
+ 109 more events. New events added through corrections and ongoing verification.
How to play this category
Free for everyone. Open Sorting History, tap Play, select European History, choose a game length (5, 10, 15, 20, or 30 events), and sort. No subscription needed. Free users see ads between rounds; Explorer and Historian subscribers play ad-free.
