| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| EIGHTY | Year in which the Colosseum opened |
| CML | Approximate year in which Eric the Red was born |
| MCMXIII | Year in which the first crossword appeared, on December 21 |
| MDCCL | Year in which Salieri was born |
| MCCL | Year in which Frederick II died |
| MCMI | Year in which President McKinley was assassinated |
| LIII | Year B.C. in which Crassus died |
| MDI | Year in which Martin Luther first entered university |
| MDII | Year in which Columbus began his last voyage |
| MDI | Year in which Michelangelo began work on "David" |
| DCX | Year in which Muhammad began preaching in Mecca |
| MCL | Year in which Middle English began, by tradition |
| MDCI | Early 17th-century year in which Shakespeare's father died |
| BIG | Film in which Tom Hanks plays a 12-year-old |
