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9th October 1410: The Prague Astronomical Clock first noted in a medieval document

9th October 2019
Tagged as: Astronomy, Engineering, Medieval, Prague, Science, Technology, Time

Known as the Orloj, the astronomical clock was designed and built by the Imperial clockmaker Mikuláš of Kadaň and Charles University professor Jan Šindel.

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4th October 1582: Gregorian calendar introduced by Pope Gregory XIII

4th October 2019
Tagged as: Astronomy, Calendar, Catholicism, Date, Religion, Science, Time

On the 4^th October 1582, Pope Gregory XIII implemented the Gregorian calendar.

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16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar

16th July 2019
Tagged as: Arabia, Astronomy, Calendar, Date, Islam, Muslim, Religion, Science

The Islamic calendar was dated to start with the first new moon after the Prophet Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina.ituals.

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9th October 1410: The Prague Astronomical Clock first noted in a medieval document

4th October 1582: Gregorian calendar introduced by Pope Gregory XIII

16th July 622: Start date of the Islamic calendar

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21st January 1981: First DeLorean sports car produced (famous as the ‘Back to the Future’ car)

4th December 1872: Deserted US merchant ship Mary Celeste found drifting in the Atlantic

12th July 1561: The consecration of Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow

20th September 1835: The start of the Ragamuffin War

23rd October 1911: Italian Carlo Piazza pilots the first aircraft to be used in war

22nd October 1895: Granville-Paris express train crashes through a wall in Paris

21st October 1966: 144 people killed in the Aberfan disaster

20th October 1935: Mao Zedong’s Red Army finishes the Long March

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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