SCm178 0001 Aug 23
Birth of Jesus, as assigned by Dionysius Exiguus in his anno Domini era
Most modern scholars do not consider Dionysius' calculations authoritative
Confucius is given his first royal title (posthumous name)
The poem Metamorphoses is written by Ovid.
SCm177 0005 Feb 20
Rome acknowledges Cunobelinus, king of the Catuvellauni, as king of Britain.
SCm176 0008 Dec 31
Jesus is found in the Temple of Jerusalem reasoning with the learned men of Judea
SCm175 0011 Jul 25
Emperor Augustus abandons his plan to create a defensive border
at the Elbe, in order to reinforce the Roman defenses along the Rhine and the Danube
The Hellenistic period ends, according to some scholars (usual date 31 BC)
SCm174 0014 Dec 27
August 19 – Augustus, the first Roman emperor, dies and is declared to be a god.
September 18 – Tiberius succeeds his stepfather Augustus as Roman emperor.
SCm173 0018 Mar 9
After a flooding of the Yellow River in China, farmers are forced to rebel.
Emperor Wang Mang reacts by sending an army (some 100,000 men) against the agrarian rebels.
The rebel leaders, concerned that during battle it would become impossible to tell friend from foe,
order that their men color their eyebrows red – and this is where the name Chimei ("The Red Eyebrows") comes from.
SCm172 0022 Aug 7
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SCm171 0027 Dec 29
Info from Wikipedia:
Jesus, a Jewish preacher and religious leader,
is crucified (see crucifixion of Jesus) by the Romans
Using the dates and ranges listed in the Gospel of Luke,
this year can be established as when John the Baptist begins preaching in the Jordan.
It is also likely that Jesus was baptised by John in the final months of this year before
his temptation and the first of three Passovers listed in the Gospel of John
Fire in Rome
A poorly built amphitheatre in Fidenae collapses,
killing 20,000 of the 50,000 spectators
Year 0030(Wikipedia):
April 7 – death of Jesus of Nazareth, (possible date of the crucifixion)[4][5][6] (born circa 4 BC)
The other possible date also supported by scholarly consensus among a survey
of 100 published scholarly biblical statements is April 3, AD 33
SCm170 0031 Dec 23
Point of view: Look at https://www.hope-of-israel.org/31ad.html
Year 0034 (https://www.blueletterbible.org/): Apostle Paul Conversion on the Road to Damascus
SCm169 0036 Nov 13
Wikipedia:
Pontius Pilate is recalled to Rome after putting down a Samaritan uprising.
Most probable date of Saint Paul conversion 33-36
Year 0041: Roman emperor Claudius builds a 6 km tunnel to drain the Fucine Lake.
SCm168 0042 Feb 6
25 January – Conversion of the Apostle Paul to Christianity.
The exact date is not provided in texts, but the Roman Catholic Church
chooses to commemorate this date.
SCm167 0048 Nov 17
Probable date of the Apostolic Council. Paul of Tarsus begins his first mission
Year 0050:
The largest Roman aqueduct, 49 m high, completed at Pont du Gard.
Hero of Alexandria invents a steam turbine
Pamphilus of Alexandria writes a poetic lexicon.
Pedanius Dioscorides describes the medical applications of plants in De Materia Medica
Diogenes, the Greek explorer, discovers the African Great Lakes.
Burth of Cai Lun, Chinese inventor of paper and the papermaking process
SCm166 0055 Jul 28
Emperor Nero is becomes a Roman Consul.
Burth of Epictetus, Greek-Roman philosopher
SCm165 0061 Nov 23
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SCm164 0067 Jun 1
Martyrdom of apostles Peter and Paul in Rome.
Year 0072: Vespasian begins construction of the Colosseum in Rome.
SCm163 0074 Oct 29
Mesopotamia: The last known cuneiform text is written.
SCm162 0082 Jan 27
Roman emperor Domitian becomes Roman Consul.
SCm161 0091 Mar 11
Manius Acilius Glabrio and Marcus Ulpius Traianus become Roman Consul.
SCm160 0100 Jan 21
Emperor Trajan and Sextus Julius Frontinus become Roman Consuls
Bricks become the primary building material in the Roman Empire.
The Roman Army reaches 300,000 soldiers
Birth of Claudius Ptolemy
Clear Glass. Romans added manganese oxide to the Syrian glass mix of 100BC
The dome. Roman engineering in stone.
Suspension bridge. Chinese development with vines, ropes and chains.
SCm159 0109 Aug 25
The Via Traiana is constructed at the emperor Trajan's personal expense; the road connects Benevento with Brundisium
Year 0110: The Baths of Trajan in Rome are completed.
The Christian Church proclaims itself to be universal (catholic)
SCm158 0118 Nov 23
Rome has a population exceeding 1 million, making it the largest city in the world.
Pantheon, in Rome, is started to be built
Year 0125:
The Pantheon is completed in Rome.
The Satires of Juvenal intimate that bread and circuses (panem et circenses) keep the Roman people happy.
SCm157 0128 Jan 1
The fossils of large prehistoric animals are discovered in Dalmatia.
Pantheon, Rome is finished.
Roman agriculture declines as imports from Egypt and North Africa depress wheat prices,
making it unprofitable to farm and forcing many farmers off the land
Roman bakeries produce dozens of bread varieties, and the Romans distribute free bread for the poor.
SCm156 0138 Jun 7
Hadrian dies after a heart failure at Baiae and is buried at Rome in the Gardens of Domitia
The silver content of the Roman denarius falls to 75 percent under emperor Antoninus Pius, down from 87 percent under the reign of Hadrian.
SCm155 0149 Feb 14
Ptolemy's Almagest completed ( may be at 150 AD)
SCm154 0160 Oct 9
In Rome, the manufacturing of soap containing grease, lime and ashes begins.
The first Buddhist monks arrive in China.
SCm153 0172 Jan 8
Emperor Marcus Aurelius crosses the Danube with an expeditionary force.
SCm152 0184 Mar 2
The Yellow Turban Rebellion and Liang Province Rebellion break out in China.
SCm151 0196 Dec 13
Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity.
SCm150 0208 Apr 4
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus and his brother Publius Septimius Geta Caesar become Roman Consuls.
SCm149 0221 May 23
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SCm148 0234 Aug 17
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Year 0235: The Baths of Caracalla in Rome are completed.
SCm147 0247 Apr 8
Rome becomes 1,000 years old
The Goths appear on the lower Danube frontier; they invade the Ukraine and Rom
SCm146 0260 Oct 8
Battle of Edessa: With a large army, said to number 70,000 men, Valerianus attempts to drive the Persians back from Edessa. The Roman army is surrounded and most of its troops are killed or captured. Valerianus is taken prisoner for the remainder of his life.
SCm145 0273 Aug 27
Aurelian increases Rome's daily bread ration to nearly 1.5 pounds and adds pig fat to the list of foods distributed free to the populace.
SCm144 0285 Oct 5
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SCm143 0296 Sep 20
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SCm142 0305 Sep 17
Landowners dominate the Roman Empire and enjoy the title of senator, which exempts them from the crushing taxes imposed on the rest of the population. The Senate has lost all its power and the landowners almost never attend Senate sessions.
SCm141 0314 Mar 28
Battle of Cibalae: Constantine the Great defeats his rival Licinius
SCm140 0323 Oct 17
Emperor Constantine the Great defeats the invading Goths and Sarmatians north of the Danube in Dacia, and claims the title of Sarmaticus Maximus.
SCm138 0332 Nov 27
Emperor Constantine I and his son Constantine II, aged 16, defeat the Goths in Moesia. The Goths become Roman allies and protect the Danube frontier.
Constantine I constructs a bridge across the Danube in order to increase trade between the Visigoths and Rome.\ Constantine I announces a free distribution of food to the citizens in Constantinople, similar to the food given out in the city of Rome. The amount is approximately 80,000 rations a day, doled out from 117 distribution points around the city.
SCm137 0341 Apr 13
Emperor Constans I bans pagan sacrifices and magic rituals under penalty of death.
Thousands of Christians are executed at Seleucia in Mesopotamia.
Coptic Christianity is introduced into Ethiopia
SCm136 0350 May 18
birth of Hypatia of Alexandria, female Neoplatonist philosopher
Plutarch of Athens, Greek philosopher
SCm135 0355 Mar 5
The Franks besiege Colonia Agrippinensium for ten months.
SCm134 0364 Oct 17
Theon of Alexandria, Greek mathematician, observes a solar eclipse (June 16) and a lunar eclipse (November 25). He gains some renown for his version of Euclid's Elements and his commentaries on Ptolemy's Almagest.
SCm133 0377 May 22
Battle of the Willows: The Romans abandon the guerrilla strategy and are attacked by the Goths. The battle is indecisive but both sides suffer heavy casualties. The only Roman army available to face the Goths is no longer a fighting force.
The Goths (possibly Greuthungi) make an alliance with some of the Huns and Alans along the Danube, and entice them across the river.
Bands of predatory "barbarians" spread throughout the province in search of food, supplies and booty. Most Roman troops are bottled up in the towns. Some elite units remain in the field and skirmish with the Goths. One such action takes place outside the town of Dibaltum.
SCm132 0387 Nov 17
Oribase, Greek doctor, publishes a treatise on paralysis and bleedings.
Augustine is baptized on Easter Vigil by Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan.
SCm131 0398 May 23
Augustine of Hippo completes his Confessions, an autobiography that recounts his intellectual and spiritual development.
SCm130 0410 Mar 15
The Eastern Roman Empire sends six legions (6,000 men) to aid Honorius at Ravenna.
August 24 – The Visigoths under Alaric I sack Rome after a third siege. Slaves open the Salarian Gate and Goths loot the city for three days; according to Augustine in the City of God and others, comparatively few Roman men are killed and women raped. Only two churches are burned, and people who took refuge in churches are usually spared. Many Romans who survived the Sack flee to Africa, or to the Eastern Empire (see Saint Jerome). It is the first time since 390 BC that Rome has fallen to an enemy. This marks the decline of the Roman Empire.
SCm129 0422 Apr 6
The walls of Rome's Flavian Amphitheater (Colosseum) crack during an earthquake.
SCm128 0434 Jul 1
The Vandals in North Africa defeat the Roman general Aspar and force him to withdraw.
SCm127 0446 Jan 22
Three Disasters of Wu: The Northern Wei Dynasty begins persecuting Buddhists, having heretofore encouraged them. The drain of manpower and tax money to temples and monasteries has threatened the secular government, and the reaction is fierce: monks and nuns are murdered, temples and icons destroyed. All men under age 50 are prohibited from joining any monastic order in a program that will continue until 450, helping the Confucianist philosophy of the Han Dynasty to gain dominance over Buddhism.
SCm126 0457 Mar 2
Victorius of Aquitaine computes new tables for celebrating Easter.
SCm125 0468 Feb 3
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SCm124 0480 Mar 20
The Visigoths under King Euric extend their rule from the Loire to Gibraltar
SCm123 0492 Jul 6
King Theoderic the Great conquers Rimini, and brings his Ostrogoth fleet to blockade the harbours six miles from the capital of Ravenna.
SCm122 = Year 500 Oct 5
Thrasamund, king of the Vandals, marries Amalafrida
Roman catacomb burials end
The Frankish Kingdom is formed
The monument of Ale's Stones is built in Sweden
SCm120 = Year 506 May 2
Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I accepts a peace agreement with the Sasanian Empire
SCm119 = Year 511 Oct 30
Aryabhata, Indian astronomer and mathematician, comes up with concepts of mathematical equations, one of which explains the rotation of the Earth on its axis.
SCm118 = Year 517 Jun 3
Aryabhata compiles his manual of mathematics and astronomy
SCm117 = Year 525 Dec 24
Bernicia (North East England) is settled by the Angles
SCm116 = Year 532 Oct 23
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SCm115 = Year 539 Jan 3
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SCm114 = Year 547 Oct 3
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SCm113 = Year 555 Aug 7
the Roman Empire under Justinian I had reached its height
An earthquake devastates the city of Latakia
SCm112 = Year 563 Dec 11
The new Hagia Sophia (cost: 20,000 pounds of gold), with its numerous chapels and shrines, octagonal dome and mosaics, becomes the centre and most visible monument of Eastern Orthodoxy.
SCm111 = Year 577 May 11
Muhammad, age 6, returns to his immediate family
SCm110 = Year 590 Jul 31
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SCm109 = Year 600 Feb 1
Venice continues as an independent realm, having been built up from fishing villages and settled by fugitives
SCm108 = Year 610 Apr 5
The Volga Bulgaria arises on the territory of modern Russia, being the first civilization in the region to avert from the Early Slavs
SCm107 = Year 621 Jan 6
According to tradition, Muhammad, Islamic prophet, is said to have visited heaven aboard the steed/unicorn with wings or Buraq
SCm106 = Year 632 Mar 23
Muhammad dies at Medina at the age of 63, after an illness and fever. According to Shias, he was succeeded by Ali ibn Abi Talib; according to Sunnis, he was succeeded by Abu Bakr.
SCm105 = Year 644 Aug 30
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SCm104 = Year 657 Mar 16
Hilda, Anglo-Saxon abbess, founds a monastery at Streaneshalch
SCm103 = Year 671 Mar 16
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SCm102 = Year 686 Jul 30
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SCm101 = Year 702 Dec 6
Arab conquest of Armenia: Large-scale Armenian rebellion against Muslim rule breaks out, with Byzantine support.
SCm100 = Year 718 Nov 16
A Muslim supply fleet of 760 ships under Sufyan arrives from Egypt and North Africa, concealing itself along the Asiatic shore. The Byzantines learn of the fleet's location from defecting Christian Egyptian sailors. Emperor Leo III sends the Byzantine navy again; his Greek fire ships destroy the enemy vessels
SCm099 = Year 734 Aug 27
Umayyad conquest of Gaul: Muslim forces under Abd al-Malik ibn Katan al-Fihri, governor (wali) of Al-Andalus (modern Spain), enter Provence and raid the Rhône Valley.
SCm098 = Year 749 Dec 6
Galilee earthquake: Palestine and eastern Transjordan are devastated by an earthquake.
SCm097 = Year 763 Oct 8
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SCm096 = Year 778 Mar 23
A Frankish army (supported by Burgundians, Bavarians, Bretons, Lombards, and Visigoths) under King Charlemagne invades Al-Andalus (modern Spain), but is halted at Zaragoza
SCm095 = Year 793 Oct 5
Arab traders make Baghdad a financial center of the Silk Road between China and Europe. Caravans carry little or no money on their long journeys; Chinese traders use what they call fei qian ("flying money") to avoid robbery. The Arabs have adopted a similar banking system known as hawala to transmit funds
SCm094 = Year 811 Feb 3
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SCm093 = Year 830 Dec 5
16-year-old Emperor Theophilos marries the Armenian noblewoman Theodora, in the Hagia Sophia at Constantinople. He chooses her during a representation of a bride-show; she becomes empress (Augusta) of the Byzantine Empire.
SCm092 = Year 850 Apr 25
Coffee is discovered (according to legend) by the Ethiopian goatherder Kaldi in East Africa, who notices that his goats become energetic after chewing the red berries from certain wild bushes
Danish Viking raiders, led by King Rorik, conquer Dorestad and Utrecht (modern-day Netherlands). Emperor Lothair I recognizes him as ruler of most of Friesland.
SCm091 = Year 870 Apr 15
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SCm090 = Year 890 Nov 1
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SCm089 = Year 910 Nov 2
Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis IV (the Child), using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.
SCm088 = Year 931 May 2
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SCm087 = Year 952 Jan 21
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SCm086 = Year 973 Sep 23
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SCm085 = Year 995 Aug 31
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SCm084 = Year 1018 Feb 18
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SCm083 = Year 1042 Jul 1
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SCm082 = Year 1067 Sep 20
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SCm081 = Year 1092 Nov 4
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SCm080 = Year 1117 May 15
Battle of Ghazni: Seljuk forces under Ahmad Sanjar (supporting the claim of Bahram-Shah) invade Afghanistan and defeat the ruling Sultan Arslan-Shah.
The Crusaders led by King Baldwin I of Jerusalem raid Pelusium in Egypt and burn the city to the ground. Baldwin marches back to Palestine and strengthens the fortifications of the southern frontier.
SCm079 = Year 1141 Oct 31
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SCm078 = Year 1161 Jul 25
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SCm077 = Year 1182 Feb 19
Raynald of Chatillon has seven ships freighted over the Isthmus of Suez, which he then uses to pillage the shores of the Red Sea, as far as the gates of Mecca.
Serbia allies itself with Hungary, to gain independence
The first Sejm, or Polish Parliament, convenes at ÅÄ™czyca.
The Jews are expelled from Paris by Philip II of France.
The Massacre of the Latins occurs in Constantinople.
The Maronites reestablish their affiliation with the Roman Catholic Church.
SCm076 = Year 1203 Jan 2
Philip II of France enters Rouen, leading to the eventual unification of Normandy and France.
The armies of the Fourth Crusade capture Constantinople by assault; the Byzantine emperor Alexios III Angelos flees from his capital into exile.
SCm075 = Year 1223 Jul 22
Battle of the Kalka River: The Mongol armies of Genghis Khan defeat the Russian warriors.
Louis VIII is crowned King of France.
Livonian Crusade: Estonians revolt against the Livonian Brothers of the Sword and Denmark, and for a brief period reconquer all of their strongholds except Tallinn.
The Tatar Yoke in Russia begins when the Mongolian army invades, after 87 years of the dominance of the Novgorod Republic state.
SCm074 = Year 1244 Aug 8
The Siege and Fall of Jerusalem leads to the Seventh Crusade.
A fire destroys many of the wooden houses in the English city of Gloucester.
The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitely known meeting of this Irish legislature.
Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt (modern-day Germany)
SCm073 = Year 1264 Feb 29
A fire destroys many of the wooden houses in the English city of Gloucester.
The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitely known meeting of this Irish legislature.
Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt (modern-day Germany)
SCm072 = Year 1284 Sep 13
The Byzantine city Tralles falls to the Turkish emirate of MenteÅŸe; 20,000 people are led off as slaves.
The German city of Hamburg is destroyed by a fire.
SCm071 = Year 1304 Jul 2
Wars of Scottish Independence: John "Red" Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, negotiates a peace with the Kingdom of England
James II of Aragon reconquers Villena, Spain.
SCm070 = Year 1322 Oct 9
Jews are expelled from France for the third time.
Battle of Mühldorf: Bavaria defeats Austria.
First War of Scottish Independence - Battle of Old Byland: Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats English troops in North Yorkshire.
SCm069 = Year 1339 May 18
Battle of Laupen: The Canton of Bern defeats the forces of Fribourg.
All streets in the city of Florence are paved, the first European city in post-Roman times where this has happened.
The Moscow Kremlin is first referred to as a kremlin.
SCm068 = Year 1352 Aug 7
Corpus Christi College is founded as a College of the University of Cambridge, by the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church; the Metropolitan of Halych begins to relocate back to Kiev, after having moved to Halych in 1299. Thereafter, the Metropolitan will hold the title of Metropolitan of Kiev-Halych and All Rus.
SCm067 = Year 1359 Feb 24
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SCm066 = Year 1365 Oct 25
The University of Vienna is founded.
SCm065 = Year 1371 Jun 6
Adrianopole (now Edirne) becomes the capital city of the Ottoman Sultanate. Robert II becomes the first Stuart king of Scotland
SCm064 = Year 1376 Sep 27
The peace treaty between England and France is extended until April, 1377.
The Good Parliament begins in England (so called because its members attempted to reform the corrupt Royal Council on that date)
The Good Parliament is dissolved
SCm063 = Year 1383 Apr 5
King John I of Castile and Leon marries Beatrice of Portugal.
The Teutonic Knights recommence war against pagan Lithuania.
Construction of the Bastille is completed
SCm062 = Year 1389 Jul 16
Queen Margaret of Norway and Denmark defeats Albert, King of Sweden in battle and becomes ruler of all three kingdoms
Vasili I becomes Grand Prince of Moscow after the death of his father, Dmitry Donskoy.
Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire scores a decisive victory over the Serbs and their Christian allies.[1] Both Sultan Murad I and the Serbian Prince Lazar are killed in battle.
Hundred Years' War: The kingdoms of England and France sign the Truce of Leulinghem, ending the second phase of the war, and bringing a 13-year peace
SCm061 = Year 1396 Jan 8
Battle of Nicopolis: The Ottomans defeat a joint crusade by Hungary, France, the Holy Roman Empire, England and Wallachia, led by King Sigismund of Hungary. This is the last large-scale crusade of the Middle Ages.
The Ottomans capture the Bulgarian fortress of Vidin and Tsar Ivan Sratsimir, ending the Second Bulgarian Empire. The Bulgarian state is reestablished in 1878 as the Principality of Bulgaria.
SCm61 1400 Jul 10
Timur conquers the Empire of The Black Sheep Turkomans
SCm60 1406 Apr 30
Construction of the Forbidden City begins in Beijing
SCm59 1412 Jun 30
The Black Death sweeps England for a final time, in a 60-year period.
SCm58 1418 Mar 3
João Zarco leads one of the first Portuguese expeditions
to the Madeira Islands.
SCm57 1425 Feb 14
Beijing, capital of China, becomes the largest city in the world,
taking the lead from Nanjing
SCm56 1432 Jul 9
The first baccalaureate service is believed
to have originated at the University of Oxford
SCm55 1441 Feb 23
A revolt occurs in the Yucatán capital Mayapan;
the Maya civilization splits into warring city-states
SCm54 1450 Dec 6
Johannes Gutenberg has set up his movable type printing press
SCm53 1462 Dec 11
Vasili II of Russia dies, and is succeeded by his son Ivan III
Portugal begins to settle the Cape Verde Islands, with slaves
from the coast of Guinea.
SCm52 1472 Dec 1
An extensive slave trade begins in modern Cameroon
Leonardo da Vinci is listed as a master
"De sphaera mundi (written c. 1230) is first published in Ferrara,
the first printed astronomical book.
SCm51 1484 Nov 19
The first sugar mill becomes operational in the Gran Canaria
The King of Portugal appoints a commission of mathematicians
to perfect tables, to help seamen find their latitude.
SCm50 1491 Apr 17
Reconquista: The Granada War is effectively brought to an end
Nicolaus Copernicus enters the University of Kraków.
SCm49 1494 July 22
Christopher Columbus first sights Jamaica.
SCm48 1496 Aug 23
Christopher Columbus leaves Hispaniola for Spain
SCm47 1499 Nov 18
First Battle of Lepanto
Vasco da Gama arrives at Lisbon
SCm46 1502 May 3
Christopher Columbus leaves Cadiz for his final trip
SCm45 1508 Oct 4
December – Michelangelo begins painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling
SCm44 1513 Jul 9
Niccolò Machiavelli is banished from Florence
by the House of Medici, and writes The Prince.
SCm43 1518 Sep 29
July – Dancing plague of 1518
SCm42 1522 Oct 21
The Vittoria, one of the surviving ships
of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to Spain
SCm41 1526 Aug 10
The first complete printed translation of the New Testament of the Bible
into the English language arrives in England
SCm40 1530 Oct 16
Paracelsus leaves Nürnberg
Erasmus publishes A handbook on manners for children
SCm39 1534 Dec 27
Tartaglia found solution of algebraic 3-d order equation
SCm38 1538 Feb 24
Dissolution of the Monasteries in England
SCm37 1542 Aug 30
Portuguese explorer Juan Cabrillo lands in San Diego Bay
SCm36 1546 Jan 27
Trinity College, Cambridge, is founded
Michelangelo is made chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica
SCm35 1551 Jul 26
Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow, and Ivan IV preside over
the reforming Stoglavy Synod ("Hundred-Chapter") church council.
SCm34 1556 Dec 5
Ivan the Terrible conquers Astrakhan, opening the Volga River
to Russian traffic and trade
SCm33 1560 Dec 21
The first scientific society, the Academia Secretorum Naturae, is founded
Livonian War – Battle of Ergeme
SCm32 1567 Dec 4
The Duke of Alba is sent to the Netherlands with a strong Spanish force,
to suppress unrest there.
1570:
Ivan the Terrible begins the Massacre of Novgorod.The Kingdom of Livonia is established
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is known to be in existence in London.
By 2017, when it closes its premises in Whitechapel, it will be the oldest manufacturing company in Great Britain.
SCm31 1571 Feb 25
The Second Battle of Lepanto
Moscow is burnt by the Crimean army, under Devlet I Giray
1572:
The Sea Beggars hang 19 previously imprisoned Roman Catholic priests (the Martyrs of Gorkum) at Brielle.
Humphrey Gilbert leads 1,500 volunteers from England, on an expedition to assist the Sea Beggars
SCm30 1574 Apr 13
The city of Leiden, besieged by the Spanish,
is relieved by a Sea Beggars fleet
SCm29 1578 Sep 6
Martin Frobisher voyage
SCm28 1581 Dec 26
Francis Drake is knighted by Elizabeth I of England.
SCm27 1584 Aug 6
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SCm26 1587 Oct 14
A raid on Cádiz
1588 Spanish Armada
SCm25 1591 Dec 28
The city of Leiden, besieged by the Spanish,
is relieved by a Sea Beggars fleet
SCm24 1594 Dec 11
Tulip bulbs planted by Carolus Clusius
in the Hortus Botanicus Leiden, Holland, first flower.
SCm23 1597 Mar 31
In Nagasaki, Japan, 26 people are martyred by crucifixion.
They practiced Catholicism
Probable first performance of William Shakespeare's
The Merry Wives of Windsor.
The first edition of Francis Bacon's Essays is published
Andreas Libavius publishes Alchemia, a pioneering chemistry textbook
SCm19 1600 June 20
First meeting of Kepler and Tycho Brahe
Giordano Bruno was burned
1601:
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SCm20 1608 May 9
Ship "Mary and Margaret" leaves England
Discovery of Quebec by Cartier
Evangelista Torricelli birth
1609:
Johannes Kepler publishes Astronomia nova
SCm19 1616 December 5
Galileo said that heliocentric theory of the Solar System is correct.
1617
SCm18 1623 June 23
Tommaso Campanella publishes The City of the Sun
Blaise Pascal birth
1624:
SCm17 1630 August 7
Indians introduce pilgrims to popcorn, at Thanksgiving
Isaac Barrow, inventor of Calculus, was born
SCm16 1638 April 27
SF beginning: Publication of The Man in the Moone
Thirty Years' War – The Treaty of Hamburg
1639:
Desargues introduces the concept of infinity into geometry.
SCm15 1646 February 1
Pascal's Law of hydrostatics is developed
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SCm14 1653 October 14
Oliver Cromwell expels the Rump Parliament in England.
The Taj Mahal mausoleum is completed at Agra
SCm13 1660 January 11
The Long Parliament disbands
The Parliament of England declares Prince Charles Stuart,
King Charles II of England.
Isaac Barrow of Euclid's Elements
SCm12 1665 February 11
Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society starts publishing
1666:
Molière's comedy The Misanthrope
Great Fire of London
A sobor (church council) of the Russian Orthodox Church
deposes Patriarch Nikon of Moscow,
but accepts his liturgical reforms.
Dissenters from his reforms, known as Old Believers, continue to this day.
SCm11 1672 September 21
Charles II enacts Declaration of Indulgence
SCm10 1679 April 22
SCm09 1687 January 2
Morean War – Battle of Patras: The Republic of Venice defeats the Ottomans
Great Turkish War – Battle of Mohács: The Habsburg imperial army, and allies
under Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, defeat the Ottoman Turks
Newton's the Principia is published
SCm08 1694 May 12
The French Navy defeats Spain during the Battle of Torroella
The Bank of England is founded
The Great Fire of Warwick breaks out and destroys half the town
The notorious voyage of the English slave ship Hannibal ends
SCm07 1699 August 11
Venice, Poland, Holy Roman Empire sign the Treaty of Karlowitz with the Ottoman Empire
Priority of calculus invention dispute
350 rebellious Streltsy are executed in Moscow
1700: The Battle of Narva
SCm06 1707 August 18
The Treaty of Union, of Scotland and England, is ratified by the Parliament of Scotland.
Charles XII of Sweden launches his campaign to conquer Russia
Birth of Euler and Linney
1709: The Battle of Poltava
SCm05 1713 May 6
Skirmish at Bender: Charles XII of Sweden is defeated by the Ottoman Empire
Frederick William I of Prussia begins his reign
French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance
to Great Britain, or leave Nova Scotia.
SCm04 1719 August 5
Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe.
SCm03 1726 January 3
April 15: I. Newton tells W.Stukeley the story of how he developed theory of gravity
Muhammad bin Saud becomes head of the House of Saud.
SCm02 1734 April 18
George Berkeley publishes The Analyst
Euler introduces technique for solving first-order equations.
SCm01 1740 November 4
Great Britain accepted alien immigrants in the colonies
Micheli du Crest creates a spirit thermometer
SCm00 1748 March 10
The first Lutheran Church body in America is founded
Leonhard Euler publishes Introductio in analysin infinitorum
SC00 1759 March 3
Voltaire's satire Candide is published
The Seven Years' War (the first world war)
Halley's comet returns : for the first time at the prediction date
SC01 1769 June 8
James Watt is granted a patent for
"A method of lessening the consumption of steam in steam engines"
1770: Boston Tea Party
SC02 1780 December 18
Louis XVI abolishes the use of torture
1781:
American Revolution: American and French troops begin a siege of the British at Yorktown, Virginia.
Following the Siege of Yorktown, General Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia,
ending the armed struggle of the American Revolution.
SC03 1791 December 27
Michael Faraday birth
1789:
Storming of the Bastille