<p>Yes you can fabricate facts, and no one cares (people who are actually trying to remember dates can get them wrong under stress!)</p>
<p>Here’s my advice: don’t make up a book and a storyline. You’re wasting time as it takes to much energy to write a book just to write an essay. If you get stuck on a date or a name, go ahead and make it up or place a good approximation. Don’t lose sleep (and valuable minutes!) remembering something that no one cares about! At the same time, if you need to fudge the facts or the storyline a bit to make something work, than that’s fine, they are looking at your writing, not your history/english comprehension skills. It’s just a waste of time though, to sit there making up a book!</p>