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  2. Twenty-First Century History. The third millennium actually started at about 21h00 on 31 December 2000, or even more correctly, on 31 December 1995. See the history of the calendar. ... Longest total lunar eclipse of 21st century on July 27 lasts 102 minutes and 57.3 seconds, with an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.60868. ...
  3. History articles. Twenty-First Century History; Twentieth Century History : 1975 - 1999; Twentieth Century History : 1950 - 1974; Twentieth Century History : 1925 - 1949; Twentienth Century History : 1900 - 1924; Nineteenth Century History : 1875 - 1899; Nineteenth Century History : 1850 - 1874; Nineteenth Century History : 1825 ...
  4. Home » history » Twentienth Century History : 1900 - 1924. Twentienth Century History : 1900 - 1924. 1900 Escalator invented by Charles Seeberger.Paperclip patented by Norwegian Johann Vaaler. Loudspeaker invented by Horace Short. Charlotte Cooper becomes the first woman to win an Olympic gold, for tennis.
  5. Home » history » Sixteenth Century History. Sixteenth Century History. 1500 World population 400 million.. 1501 First flush toilets.. 1502 Coiled springs invented.. 1503 Leonardo da Vinci begins painting the Mona Lisa. Michelangelo sculpts the David (finished in 1504). First handkerchief used in Europe. 1506 The building of St Peter's Basilica started in Rome under Pope Julius II.
  6. Home » history » Fourteenth Century History. Fourteenth Century History. 1300 Beginning of the Renaissance. Money from Florence, Italy becomes the first international currency. Corsets for women introduced. 1302 Romeo and Juliet marries, according to Shakespeare. They were 14 years old.
  7. Home » history » Second Century History. Second Century History. 100 Jewish Christians forced to leave the Jewish fold.. 105 Chinese government servant named Ts'ai Lun invents paper, made from hemp waste, mulberry fibers, rags, and other materials. (It would take many centuries for this invention to travel west, reaching Samarkand, Central Asia, in 751 and Baghdad in 793, arriving in ...
  8. History articles. Twenty-First Century History; Twentieth Century History : 1975 - 1999; Twentieth Century History : 1950 - 1974; Twentieth Century History : 1925 - 1949; Twentienth Century History : 1900 - 1924; Nineteenth Century History : 1875 - 1899; Nineteenth Century History : 1850 - 1874; Nineteenth Century History : 1825 ...
  9. Home » history » Sixth Century History. Sixth Century History. 500 Scriptures have now been translated into more than 500 languages.. 507 Clovis, King of the Franks, defeats the Visigoths at the Battle of Vouille.. 508 Paris (now called Lutetia) established by Clovis as the capital of the Kingdom of the Franks. 511 Clovis, King of the Franks, dies. The Merovingian Dynasty is continued by his ...
  10. Home » history » Ninth Century History. Ninth Century History. 800 Coronation of Charlemagne, king of the Franks and now first Holy Roman Emperor, on Christmas day. Crowned by Pope Leo III as "Augustus, crowned of God, emperor of the Romans" in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, he would become Charles I of France, called Charles the Great.
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