Historical Event Year

A benchmark to evaluate selecting the correct year for major historical events.

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18

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24

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100/100

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4 Claude Haiku 4.5
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5 Qwen3 VL 8B (LMStudio)
5000 MB
100
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6 Gemma 3 12B (LMStudio)
8100 MB
100
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7 Gemma 2 2B (LMStudio)
1500 MB
100
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8 GPT-5 mini
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9 Phi-4 (LMStudio)
9100 MB
94
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10 Ministral 8B (LMStudio)
4900 MB
94
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11 Gemma 2 9B (LMStudio)
5800 MB
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12 Gemma 4 12B (LMStudio)
7560 MB
89
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13 GPT-5 nano
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14 Granite 3.2 8B (LMStudio)
4900 MB
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15 Qwen3.5 4B (LMStudio)
3400 MB
78
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16 OLMo 3 7B (LMStudio)
4300 MB
67
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17 Qwen3.5 2B (LMStudio)
2700 MB
61
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18 Gemma 2B (LMStudio)
1500 MB
44
770.0ms median
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19 Phi-3.5 Mini (LMStudio)
2500 MB
28
994.0ms median
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20 SmolLM2 1.7B (LMStudio)
1100 MB
22
751.0ms median
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21 Llama 3.2 1B (LMStudio)
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22
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22 Llama 3.1 8B (LMStudio)
4900 MB
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23 Llama 2 7B (LMStudio)
4900 MB
11
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24 Llama 3 8B (LMStudio)
4900 MB
6
3402.5ms median
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Questions

Question
In what year did this event occur: The invention of the World Wide Web (proposal by Tim Berners-Lee)?
Question payload
{
  "question_text": "In what year did this event occur: The invention of the World Wide Web (proposal by Tim Berners-Lee)?",
  "answer_type": "multiple_choice",
  "correct_answer": "1989",
  "category": "history",
  "difficulty": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "knowledge",
    "history",
    "dates"
  ],
  "choices": [
    "1989",
    "1995",
    "1991",
    "1981"
  ],
  "evaluation_criteria": {
    "exact_match": true,
    "case_sensitive": false,
    "contains": false,
    "required_fields": [],
    "tolerance": 0.0,
    "alternatives": []
  }
}

Question
In what year did this event occur: The dissolution of the Soviet Union?
Question payload
{
  "question_text": "In what year did this event occur: The dissolution of the Soviet Union?",
  "answer_type": "multiple_choice",
  "correct_answer": "1991",
  "category": "history",
  "difficulty": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "knowledge",
    "history",
    "dates"
  ],
  "choices": [
    "1992",
    "1989",
    "1990",
    "1991"
  ],
  "evaluation_criteria": {
    "exact_match": true,
    "case_sensitive": false,
    "contains": false,
    "required_fields": [],
    "tolerance": 0.0,
    "alternatives": []
  }
}

Question
In what year did this event occur: The fall of the Berlin Wall?
Question payload
{
  "question_text": "In what year did this event occur: The fall of the Berlin Wall?",
  "answer_type": "multiple_choice",
  "correct_answer": "1989",
  "category": "history",
  "difficulty": "easy",
  "tags": [
    "knowledge",
    "history",
    "dates"
  ],
  "choices": [
    "1987",
    "1979",
    "1991",
    "1989"
  ],
  "evaluation_criteria": {
    "exact_match": true,
    "case_sensitive": false,
    "contains": false,
    "required_fields": [],
    "tolerance": 0.0,
    "alternatives": []
  }
}

Question
In what year did this event occur: Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the Americas?
Question payload
{
  "question_text": "In what year did this event occur: Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the Americas?",
  "answer_type": "multiple_choice",
  "correct_answer": "1492",
  "category": "history",
  "difficulty": "easy",
  "tags": [
    "knowledge",
    "history",
    "dates"
  ],
  "choices": [
    "1488",
    "1494",
    "1490",
    "1492"
  ],
  "evaluation_criteria": {
    "exact_match": true,
    "case_sensitive": false,
    "contains": false,
    "required_fields": [],
    "tolerance": 0.0,
    "alternatives": []
  }
}

Question
In what year did this event occur: The publication of Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica?
Question payload
{
  "question_text": "In what year did this event occur: The publication of Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica?",
  "answer_type": "multiple_choice",
  "correct_answer": "1687",
  "category": "history",
  "difficulty": "hard",
  "tags": [
    "knowledge",
    "history",
    "dates"
  ],
  "choices": [
    "1687",
    "1667",
    "1697",
    "1678"
  ],
  "evaluation_criteria": {
    "exact_match": true,
    "case_sensitive": false,
    "contains": false,
    "required_fields": [],
    "tolerance": 0.0,
    "alternatives": []
  }
}

Question
In what year did this event occur: The French Revolution begins?
Question payload
{
  "question_text": "In what year did this event occur: The French Revolution begins?",
  "answer_type": "multiple_choice",
  "correct_answer": "1789",
  "category": "history",
  "difficulty": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "knowledge",
    "history",
    "dates"
  ],
  "choices": [
    "1789",
    "1776",
    "1787",
    "1792"
  ],
  "evaluation_criteria": {
    "exact_match": true,
    "case_sensitive": false,
    "contains": false,
    "required_fields": [],
    "tolerance": 0.0,
    "alternatives": []
  }
}

Question
In what year did this event occur: The Wright brothers' first powered flight?
Question payload
{
  "question_text": "In what year did this event occur: The Wright brothers' first powered flight?",
  "answer_type": "multiple_choice",
  "correct_answer": "1903",
  "category": "history",
  "difficulty": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "knowledge",
    "history",
    "dates"
  ],
  "choices": [
    "1901",
    "1905",
    "1903",
    "1907"
  ],
  "evaluation_criteria": {
    "exact_match": true,
    "case_sensitive": false,
    "contains": false,
    "required_fields": [],
    "tolerance": 0.0,
    "alternatives": []
  }
}

Question
In what year did this event occur: The coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor?
Question payload
{
  "question_text": "In what year did this event occur: The coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor?",
  "answer_type": "multiple_choice",
  "correct_answer": "800",
  "category": "history",
  "difficulty": "hard",
  "tags": [
    "knowledge",
    "history",
    "dates"
  ],
  "choices": [
    "801",
    "800",
    "804",
    "799"
  ],
  "evaluation_criteria": {
    "exact_match": true,
    "case_sensitive": false,
    "contains": false,
    "required_fields": [],
    "tolerance": 0.0,
    "alternatives": []
  }
}

Question
In what year did this event occur: India gains independence from British rule?
Question payload
{
  "question_text": "In what year did this event occur: India gains independence from British rule?",
  "answer_type": "multiple_choice",
  "correct_answer": "1947",
  "category": "history",
  "difficulty": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "knowledge",
    "history",
    "dates"
  ],
  "choices": [
    "1945",
    "1947",
    "1937",
    "1950"
  ],
  "evaluation_criteria": {
    "exact_match": true,
    "case_sensitive": false,
    "contains": false,
    "required_fields": [],
    "tolerance": 0.0,
    "alternatives": []
  }
}

Question
In what year did this event occur: The Magna Carta is sealed?
Question payload
{
  "question_text": "In what year did this event occur: The Magna Carta is sealed?",
  "answer_type": "multiple_choice",
  "correct_answer": "1215",
  "category": "history",
  "difficulty": "hard",
  "tags": [
    "knowledge",
    "history",
    "dates"
  ],
  "choices": [
    "1210",
    "1215",
    "1225",
    "1205"
  ],
  "evaluation_criteria": {
    "exact_match": true,
    "case_sensitive": false,
    "contains": false,
    "required_fields": [],
    "tolerance": 0.0,
    "alternatives": []
  }
}

Question
In what year did this event occur: Nelson Mandela is elected President of South Africa?
Question payload
{
  "question_text": "In what year did this event occur: Nelson Mandela is elected President of South Africa?",
  "answer_type": "multiple_choice",
  "correct_answer": "1994",
  "category": "history",
  "difficulty": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "knowledge",
    "history",
    "dates"
  ],
  "choices": [
    "1994",
    "1992",
    "1996",
    "1990"
  ],
  "evaluation_criteria": {
    "exact_match": true,
    "case_sensitive": false,
    "contains": false,
    "required_fields": [],
    "tolerance": 0.0,
    "alternatives": []
  }
}

Question
In what year did this event occur: The Chernobyl nuclear disaster?
Question payload
{
  "question_text": "In what year did this event occur: The Chernobyl nuclear disaster?",
  "answer_type": "multiple_choice",
  "correct_answer": "1986",
  "category": "history",
  "difficulty": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "knowledge",
    "history",
    "dates"
  ],
  "choices": [
    "1986",
    "1979",
    "1991",
    "1982"
  ],
  "evaluation_criteria": {
    "exact_match": true,
    "case_sensitive": false,
    "contains": false,
    "required_fields": [],
    "tolerance": 0.0,
    "alternatives": []
  }
}

Question
In what year did this event occur: The beginning of the Protestant Reformation (Luther's 95 Theses)?
Question payload
{
  "question_text": "In what year did this event occur: The beginning of the Protestant Reformation (Luther's 95 Theses)?",
  "answer_type": "multiple_choice",
  "correct_answer": "1517",
  "category": "history",
  "difficulty": "hard",
  "tags": [
    "knowledge",
    "history",
    "dates"
  ],
  "choices": [
    "1513",
    "1517",
    "1534",
    "1520"
  ],
  "evaluation_criteria": {
    "exact_match": true,
    "case_sensitive": false,
    "contains": false,
    "required_fields": [],
    "tolerance": 0.0,
    "alternatives": []
  }
}

Question
In what year did this event occur: The start of World War I?
Question payload
{
  "question_text": "In what year did this event occur: The start of World War I?",
  "answer_type": "multiple_choice",
  "correct_answer": "1914",
  "category": "history",
  "difficulty": "easy",
  "tags": [
    "knowledge",
    "history",
    "dates"
  ],
  "choices": [
    "1912",
    "1915",
    "1914",
    "1913"
  ],
  "evaluation_criteria": {
    "exact_match": true,
    "case_sensitive": false,
    "contains": false,
    "required_fields": [],
    "tolerance": 0.0,
    "alternatives": []
  }
}

Question
In what year did this event occur: The October Revolution in Russia?
Question payload
{
  "question_text": "In what year did this event occur: The October Revolution in Russia?",
  "answer_type": "multiple_choice",
  "correct_answer": "1917",
  "category": "history",
  "difficulty": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "knowledge",
    "history",
    "dates"
  ],
  "choices": [
    "1914",
    "1905",
    "1920",
    "1917"
  ],
  "evaluation_criteria": {
    "exact_match": true,
    "case_sensitive": false,
    "contains": false,
    "required_fields": [],
    "tolerance": 0.0,
    "alternatives": []
  }
}

Question
In what year did this event occur: The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence?
Question payload
{
  "question_text": "In what year did this event occur: The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence?",
  "answer_type": "multiple_choice",
  "correct_answer": "1776",
  "category": "history",
  "difficulty": "easy",
  "tags": [
    "knowledge",
    "history",
    "dates"
  ],
  "choices": [
    "1781",
    "1776",
    "1775",
    "1778"
  ],
  "evaluation_criteria": {
    "exact_match": true,
    "case_sensitive": false,
    "contains": false,
    "required_fields": [],
    "tolerance": 0.0,
    "alternatives": []
  }
}

Question
In what year did this event occur: The end of World War II in Europe (VE Day)?
Question payload
{
  "question_text": "In what year did this event occur: The end of World War II in Europe (VE Day)?",
  "answer_type": "multiple_choice",
  "correct_answer": "1945",
  "category": "history",
  "difficulty": "easy",
  "tags": [
    "knowledge",
    "history",
    "dates"
  ],
  "choices": [
    "1950",
    "1945",
    "1944",
    "1946"
  ],
  "evaluation_criteria": {
    "exact_match": true,
    "case_sensitive": false,
    "contains": false,
    "required_fields": [],
    "tolerance": 0.0,
    "alternatives": []
  }
}

Question
In what year did this event occur: The first moon landing (Apollo 11)?
Question payload
{
  "question_text": "In what year did this event occur: The first moon landing (Apollo 11)?",
  "answer_type": "multiple_choice",
  "correct_answer": "1969",
  "category": "history",
  "difficulty": "easy",
  "tags": [
    "knowledge",
    "history",
    "dates"
  ],
  "choices": [
    "1968",
    "1971",
    "1970",
    "1969"
  ],
  "evaluation_criteria": {
    "exact_match": true,
    "case_sensitive": false,
    "contains": false,
    "required_fields": [],
    "tolerance": 0.0,
    "alternatives": []
  }
}