Dossier №251
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
- 01
1,789 AD
Parisians storm the Bastille as the French Revolution gathers force.
A prison with few inmates became a global symbol of revolution.
The Bastille represented royal authority and held stores of gunpowder sought by the crowd. Its fall on July 14 helped shift power away from the monarchy and remains commemorated as France’s national day.
- 02
800 AD
Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne emperor in Rome on Christmas Day.
This question uses 800 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.
The coronation linked Frankish power with an attempted revival of western imperial authority.
- 03
1,899 AD
An anti-foreign and anti-Christian movement known as the Boxers expands across northern China.
This question uses 1899 AD as its sourced chronological anchor.
The uprising, Qing court support, and foreign intervention culminated in occupation, reprisals, and a punitive settlement.
- 04
322 BC
Chandragupta Maurya establishes the Maurya Empire around this conventional date.
This question uses 322 BC as its sourced chronological anchor.
Sources place his accession within a short range rather than one uncontested year; the empire later reached its greatest scale under Ashoka.
Mauryan Empire timelineHarvard University · verified 2026-08-06
Harvard dates the Mauryan Empire to about 321–181 BCE; the game uses the adjacent conventional 322 BCE accession anchor and discloses the range.
- 05
1,600 BC
A colossal volcanic eruption devastates the Aegean island of Thera.
This question uses 1600 BC as its sourced chronological anchor.
Ash and tsunami affected surrounding societies; radiocarbon and archaeological chronologies still place the precise year within a debated range.
Santorini eruption chronologySmithsonian Global Volcanism Program · verified 2026-08-06
The Smithsonian catalogue gives 1610 BCE ±14 years for Santorini; the game rounds that scientific interval to 1600 BCE.