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29th March 1974: Discovery of the Terracotta Army in Xi’an

  • 29th March 2021
  • Tagged as: Ancient China, Archaeology, China, Discovery, Qin

The Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China.

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23rd March 1806: The Lewis and Clark Expedition begins its return journey

  • 23rd March 2021
  • Tagged as: Adventure, America, Discovery, Exploration, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, USA

The Lewis and Clark Expedition began its journey home, having crossed the western United States.

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6th March 1869: Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table

  • 6th March 2021
  • Tagged as: Chemistry, Discovery, Russia, Science

On the 6th March 1869, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev presented his periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.

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16th February 1923: Howard Carter unseals Tutankhamun’s burial chamber

  • 16th February 2021
  • Tagged as: Ancient Egypt, Archaeology, Discovery, Egypt

On the 16th February 1923, Howard Carter unsealed the burial chamber of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun.

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10th December 1901: The first Nobel Prizes awarded

  • 10th December 2020
  • Tagged as: Discovery, Explosion, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize, Norway, Science, Sweden, Technology, War

On the 10th December 1901, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine.

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1st September 1985: Wreck of the Titanic discovered by a team led by Robert Ballard

  • 1st September 2020
  • Tagged as: Atlantic, Discovery, Oceanography, Science, Technology, Titanic

The wreck of the Titanic was discovered by a joint American-French expedition led by oceanographer Robert Ballard.

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20th April 1902: Marie and Pierre Curie prove the existence of radium

  • 20th April 2020
  • Tagged as: Chemistry, Curie, Discovery, Marie Curie, Nobel Prize, Physics, Radiation, Radioactivity, Radium, Science

Marie and Pierre Curie proved the existence of the new element radium when they chemically isolated one-tenth of a gram of pure radium chloride.

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28th September 1928: Penicillin discovered by Alexander Fleming

  • 28th September 2019
  • Tagged as: Discovery, Disease, Drugs, Health, Medicine, Science

On the 28th September 1928, the bacteriologist Alexander Fleming laid for the foundation for a revolution in modern medicine when he discovered the world’s first antibiotic.

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28th November 1520: Magellan sails from the Atlantic to the Pacific

  • 28th November 2018
  • Tagged as: Discovery, Exploration, Portugal, Ship, South America, Spain

On the 28th November 1520, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan led the first European ships from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific as part of his planned circumnavigation of the earth.

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26th November 1922: Tutankhamun’s tomb entered by Howard Carter

  • 26th November 2018
  • Tagged as: Ancient Egypt, Archaeology, Britain, Discovery, Egypt, England, Exploration, Science, Tomb

On the 26th November 1922, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon entered the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.

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