Birth Order of Modern European Countries.

How well do you know the history of Europe? Test your knowledge in the ultimate quiz game about the founding dates of modern European nations! From ancient kingdoms to newly established states, you’ll need to guess and place countries in the correct order of their founding.

"European Nations in Time" is a free online knowledge level quiz, to select the modern European countries in order of foundation. History learning exercise to study the founding year of countries in Europe in chronological order. Fun educational game, suitable for online lessons, interactive classes and exciting homework.

You have a map of modern European countries (as of 2024) in the center of the screen, and you must point to the country that was founded in the year displayed at the top of the screen. Making more than 50 mistakes will prevent you from earning a knowledge level reward.

Here are the founding years of the modern European countries:

• Bulgaria – 681 (Foundation of the First Bulgarian Empire under Khan Asparuh)
• France – 843 (Treaty of Verdun, splitting of the Carolingian Empire)
• Norway – 872 (Unification under Harald Fairhair) / 1905 (Independence from Sweden)
• Croatia – 925 (Kingdom of Croatia under Tomislav)
• Denmark – 965 (Christianization under Harald Bluetooth)
• Poland – 966 (Christianization under Mieszko I)
• Austria – 976 (March of Austria under Leopold I) / 1955 (Re-established sovereignty after WWII occupation)
• Hungary – 1000 (Establishment of the Kingdom of Hungary under Stephen I)
• Portugal – 1139 (Afonso I declared King of Portugal)
• Serbia – 1217 (Kingdom of Serbia under Stefan Nemanjic) / 2006 (Independence after the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro)
• Switzerland – 1291 (Foundation of the Old Swiss Confederacy)
• Spain – 1469 (Union of the crowns of Aragon and Castile through Ferdinand and Isabella)
• Sweden – 1523 (Gustav Vasa became King, marking independence from the Kalmar Union)
• Netherlands – 1581 (Declared independence from Spain with the Act of Abjuration)
• United Kingdom – 1707 (Union of England and Scotland)
• Belgium – 1830 (Independence from the Netherlands)
• Greece – 1830 (Recognition of independence from the Ottoman Empire)
• Romania – 1859 (Union of Moldavia and Wallachia) / 1877 (Independence from the Ottoman Empire)
• Italy – 1861 (Unification under Victor Emmanuel II)
• Germany – 1871 (Unification under Wilhelm I and Otto von Bismarck)
• Albania – 1912 (Declared independence from the Ottoman Empire)
• Finland – 1917 (Declaration of independence from Russia)
• Lithuania – 1918 (Declared independence from Russia)
• Latvia – 1918 (Declared independence from Russia)
• Estonia – 1918 (Declared independence from Russia)
• Ireland – 1922 (Irish Free State established)
• Turkey – 1923 (Proclamation of the Republic of Turkey under Mustafa Kemal Ataturk)
• Iceland – 1944 (Declared independence from Denmark)
• Belarus – 1991 (Declared independence from the Soviet Union)
• Ukraine – 1991 (Declared independence from the Soviet Union)
• Moldova – 1991 (Declared independence from the Soviet Union)
• North Macedonia – 1991 (Declared independence from Yugoslavia)
• Slovenia – 1991 (Declared independence from Yugoslavia)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina – 1992 (Declared independence from Yugoslavia)
• Czech Republic – 1993 (Formation after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia)
• Slovakia – 1993 (Formation after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia)
• Montenegro – 2006 (Independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro)
• Kosovo – 2008 (Declared independence from Serbia)
• These dates represent key moments in the formation or re-establishment of these modern

Some of these countries have deep historical roots, but the modern state formations reflect significant political milestones.