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28th May 585 BCE: Eclipse of Thales ends the Battle of Halys between Media and Lydia

28th May 2020
Tagged as: Anatolia, Ancient, Ancient Greece, Eclipse, Herodotus, Lydia, Media, Middle East, Philosophy, Science, Thales

A solar eclipse during the Battle of Halys led to a truce between the kingdoms of Media and Lydia, making it the earliest historical event that can be precisely dated.

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29th February 1504: Christopher Columbus uses knowledge of a lunar eclipse to secure supplies while stranded on Jamaica

29th February 2020
Tagged as: Astronomy, Caribbean, Columbus, Eclipse, Jamaica, New World

Christopher Columbus used knowledge of a forthcoming lunar eclipse to fool Jamaican natives into providing his stranded crew with provisions.

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28th May 585 BCE: Eclipse of Thales ends the Battle of Halys between Media and Lydia

29th February 1504: Christopher Columbus uses knowledge of a lunar eclipse to secure supplies while stranded on Jamaica

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6th September 1522: Victoria becomes the first ship to circumnavigate the world

10th September 1991: Nirvana release ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

10th January 1776: Thomas Paine publishes the pamphlet Common Sense advocating American independence

25th January 1890: Nellie Bly circumnavigates the world in 72 days

24th January 1908: Robert Baden-Powell publishes Scouting for Boys

23rd January 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman to receive a medical degree in the USA

22nd January 1973: The Supreme Court issues its decision on the Roe v. Wade abortion case

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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