History of Astronomy

The Big Bang Theory

Mar 1, 1000

The Big Bang theory is an effort to explain what happened at the very beginning of our universe. Discoveries in astronomy and physics have shown beyond a reasonable doubt that our universe did in fact have a beginning. Which happend at the center of the universe.

Vikings Discover North America

Mar 1, 1000

Vikings. According to the sagas, at precisely A.D. 1000, Leif Eriksson, first son of the notorious Erik the Red, voyaged from Greenland for lands sighted to the west. He then landed on the shores of a beautiful place he named Vinland (Vine land).

Stones Of Fossa

Mar 1, 1010

Located in present-day Italy. The stone structures of England and France are very famous. In Italy, you'll also find standing stones, stone rings, and stone tombs. An example of these stone structures is in Fossa, Abruzzo, in Italy.

Astronomy in the medieval Islamic world

Mar 1, 1120

slamic astronomy comprises the astronomical developments made in the Islamic world, particularly during the Islamic Golden Age (8th–15th centuries), and mostly written in the Arabic language. These developments mostly took place in the Middle East, Central Asia, Al-Andalus, and North Africa, and later in the Far East and India. It closely parallels the genesis of other Islamic sciences in its assimilation of foreign material and the amalgamation of the disparate elements.

The Trojan War

Mar 1, 1250

Located in Greece, Troy (Turkey Day). the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta. The war is one of the most important events in Greek mythology. e war originated from a quarrel between the goddesses Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite.

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

Mar 1, 1259

Nasir al-Din Tusi was born in the city of Tus in medieval Khorasan (in north-eastern Iran) in the year 1201 and began his studies at an early age. In Hamadan and Tus he studied the Qur'an, Hadith, Shi'a jurisprudence, logic, philosophy, mathematics, medicine and astronomy. During his stay in Nishapur, Tusi established a reputation as an exceptional scholar. "Tusi’s prose writing, which number over 150 works, represent one of the largest collections by a single Islamic author.

The Crusades

Mar 1, 1300

The Crusades were a series of intermittent military campaigns in the years from 1096 to 1487, sanctioned by various Popes. In 1095 the Byzantine Emperor, Alexios I, sent an ambassador to Pope Urban II requesting military support in the Byzantines' conflict with the westward migrating Turks in Anatolia.

The Renaissance

Mar 1, 1400

is priod in Europe, from the 14th to the 17th century, considered the bridge between the Middle Ages and modern history. It started as a cultural movement in Italy in the Late Medieval period and later spread to the rest of Europe, marking the beginning of the Early Modern Age.

Earliest records of Greek, the earliest records of any European language

Mar 1, 1450

Greek is a languege that has spoken in the Balkan Peninsula since around the late 3rd millennium BC. Theres differnt types like Proto, Mycenaen, Ancient, Koline, Medival, and Modern greek.They all contain their own unique and speceific details when spoken.

Balnuaran of Clava

Mar 1, 1500

Located in Scotland. The Clava cairn is a type of Bronze Age circular chamber tomb cairn, named after the group of 3 cairns at Balnuaran of Clava, to the east of Inverness in Scotland. There are about 50 cairns of this type in an area round about Inverness. They fall into two sub-types, one typically consisting of a corbelled passage grave with a single burial chamber linked to the entrance by a short passage and covered with a cairn of stones.

The Gregorian calendar

Mar 2, 1582

The Gregorian calendar, also called the Western calendar and the Christian calendar, is internationally the most widely used civil calendar. It is named for Pope Gregory XIII, who introduced it in October 1582.

The first reflecting telescope built by Newton

Mar 2, 1668

The first reflecting telescope built by Sir Isaac Newton in 1668 is a landmark in the history of telescopes, being the first known successful reflecting telescope.It was the prototype for a design that later came to be called a newtonian telescope. Reflector—custom speculum metal composition
Optical mirror diameter— 2 inches (50 mm)
Optical stopped down aperture— 1.3 inches (33 mm)
Optical focal length—6.25 inches (158 mm)
Optical effective (stopped down) F-number—f/4.78

Bronze introduced in Britain

Mar 1, 1700

Bronze Age Britain is the period of British history that spanned from c. 2500 until c. 800 BC.[1] Lasting for approximately 1,700 years, it was preceded by the era of Neolithic Britain and was in turn followed by the era of Iron Age Britain. Being categorised as a Bronze Age, it was marked by the use of copper and then bronze by the prehistoric Britons, who used such metals to fashion tools. Great Britain in the Bronze Age also saw the widespread adoption of agriculture. And can trade with goods

The Discovery of Uranus

Mar 13, 1781

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both have different bulk chemical composition from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn. For this reason, scientists often classify Uranus and Neptune as "ice giants" to distinguish them from the gas giants.

Quadrantids

Mar 2, 1820

The Quadrantids (QUA) are a January meteor shower. The zenithal hourly rate (ZHR) of this shower can be as high as that of two other reliably rich meteor showers, the Perseids in August and the Geminids in December, et Quadrantid meteors are not seen as often as meteors in these other two showers, because the peak intensity is exceedingly sharp, sometimes lasting only hours

First Lunar Calendars

Mar 1, 2000

Located in Egypt. A lunar calendar is a calendar that is based on cycles of the lunar phases. This can be contrasted with the Gregorian calendar, which is a solar calendar based on the revolution of the Earth around the sun. Because there are slightly more than twelve lunations (synodic months) in a solar year, the period of 12 lunar months (354.367 days) is sometimes referred to as a lunar year. Which was first created by egyptains which they can first tell time.

Kepler 452b discovery

Jul 23, 2015

Kepler-452b (sometimes nicknamed Earth 2)is an exoplanet orbiting the G-class star Kepler-452. It was identified by the Kepler space telescope, and its discovery was announced by NASA on 23 July 2015. It is the first potentially rocky super-Earth[6] planet discovered orbiting within the habitable zone of a star very similar to the Sun.

Stonehenge

Mar 1, 3000

Located in England. is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, 2 miles (3 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. Stonehenge's ring of standing stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.

The Newgrange tomb

Mar 1, 3200

is a prehistoric monument in County Meath, Ireland, located about one kilometre north of the River Boyne.It was built during the Neolithic period around 3000 BC to 2500 BC, making it older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids.The site consists of a large circular mound with a stone passageway and interior chambers. The mound has a retaining wall at the front and is ringed by engraved kerbstones.

The Pentre Ifan

May 12, 3500

Pentre Ifan is the name of an ancient manor in the civil parish of Nevern, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It contains and gives its name to the largest and best preserved neolithic dolmen in Wales. The Pentre Ifan monument is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and was one of three Welsh monuments to receive legal protection under the Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882. It is now in the guardianship of Cadw, with public access. It is located in Pembrokeshire National Park.