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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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23rd May 1618: Officials thrown from a window in the Second Defenestration of Prague

23rd May 2019
Tagged as: Bohemia, Catholicism, Holy Roman Empire, Prague, Protestantism, Thirty Years War

Two Catholic imperial officials and their secretary were thrown out of the window of the Bohemian Chancellery in the Second Defenestration of Prague.

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

23rd May 1618: Officials thrown from a window in the Second Defenestration of Prague

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11th March 1702: First edition of the Daily Courant, the first daily English-language newspaper

8th March 1910: First female pilot’s license awarded to French actress Raymonde de Laroche

29th June 1613: The Globe Theatre in London burns to the ground

25th January 1947: Patent filed for the first interactive electronic game

5th July 1946: The bikini swimsuit introduced four days after a Bikini Atoll atomic test

4th July 1950: Radio Free Europe broadcasts for the first time

3rd July 1940: British navy attacks the French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir

2nd July 1964: Civil Rights Act signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson

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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