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

25th June 2020
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 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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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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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

24th October 1929: Black Thursday marks the start of the Wall Street Crash

23rd October 1739: The War of Jenkins’ Ear begins when England declare war on Spain

22nd October 1797: The first high altitude parachute descent

21st October 1805: The Battle of Trafalgar sees the British Navy under the command of Nelson defeat the combined fleets of France and Spain

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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