Which came first? · Tricky
Which came first: The crossword puzzle or the Great Chicago Fire?
The Great Chicago Fire came first, in 1871. The crossword puzzle followed 42 years later, in 1913 (first published).
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The crossword puzzle
game · first publishedThe first crossword puzzle appeared in a New York newspaper in December 1913.
- First1871
The Great Chicago Fire
event · happenedThe Great Chicago Fire of 1871 burned for about two days.
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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.