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25th June 1678: Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to receive a PhD

25th June 2018
Tagged as: Education, Feminism, Italy, Padua, Philosophy, Renaissance, Venice

Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to receive a Doctorate of Philosophy, otherwise known as a Ph.D.

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

28th May 2018
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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25th June 1678: Elena Cornaro Piscopia became the first woman to receive a PhD

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

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9th May 1671: Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal the Crown Jewels

2nd July 1881: American President James A. Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau

10th December 1799: France adopts the metric system for weights and measures

5th April 1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying

20th April 1965: Windows of the Houston Astrodome painted to stop glare

19th April 1839: The Treaty of London establishes an independent Belgium

18th April 1775: Paul Revere’s Ride signals American Revolution

17th April 1961: The Bay of Pigs invasion launched by Brigade 2506

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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