Matching Game: Historical Events and Years

Flip two cards at a time and match each event to the year it happened. Every card says whether it is an Event or a Year, and a pair is always one of each. Where the name of an event does not say where it happened, the place is in parentheses. The game counts a mistake when you miss a match on a card you have already seen.

How to remember the years#

Turn the year into a picture and link it to the event. The Major System turns digits into sounds, and sounds into words. For the Battle of Hastings in 1066, 10 can be “toes” and 66 can be “judge”, so you might picture a judge counting his toes on the battlefield. See memorizing historical dates for more ideas.

To remember where each card is, give every position on the board a place in a memory palace, and walk back through the palace when you need to find a partner.

Try a bigger board#

Every game deals a different set of events, so play again to meet new ones. Two events from the same year never land on the same board. Once you can clear a small board with only a few mistakes, move up a size.

Practice as flashcards#

The Historical Events and Years deck on How to Get Better at Trivia asks about the same facts one card at a time, with a memory hook on every card, and sorts them into boxes as you learn.

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