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1 day ago · The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly important or significant technological inventions and their inventors, where known. [a] History of technology By technological eras Premodern Prehistoric Stone Age (lithic) Neolithic Revolution Copper Age Bronze Age Iron Age Ancient Modern Proto-industrialization First Industrial Revolution Standardization Second ...
- Fritz Strassmann
Friedrich Wilhelm Strassmann (German: [fʁɪt͡s ˈʃtʁasˌman] ⓘ;...
- Timeline of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
20th Century Fox presents in New York on an 8 m × 4 m big...
- Timeline of Computing
Timeline of computing presents events in the history of...
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1 day ago · 19th century. An 1835 illustration of power loom weaving, as part of the Industrial Revolution. The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval.
1 day ago · The International Commission of Inquiry for Burundi presented to the United Nations Security Council in 1996 concluded that the Ikiza was a genocide. [107] As much as 10% to 15% of the Hutu population of Burundi killed [106] Bangladesh genocide. East Pakistan (now Bangladesh ) 1971. 300,000 [108] 3,000,000 [109] [110]
1 day ago · A 12th-century manuscript of the Hippocratic Oath in Greek, one of the most famous aspects of classical medicine that carried into later eras The history of medicine is both a study of medicine throughout history as well as a multidisciplinary field of study that seeks to explore and understand medical practices, both past and present, throughout human societies. The history of medicine is the ...
1 day ago · Etymology Main articles: Ēostre and Names of Easter The modern English term Easter, cognate with modern Dutch ooster and German Ostern, developed from an Old English word that usually appears in the form Ēastrun, Ēastron, or Ēastran ; but also as Ēastru, Ēastro ; and Ēastre or Ēostre. [nb 4] Bede provides the only documentary source for the etymology of the word, in his eighth-century ...
1 day ago · Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction. The apocalypse is also depicted in visual art, for example in Albert Goodwin 's painting Apocalypse (1903). Joseph Pennell 's 1918 prophetic Liberty bond poster calls up the pictorial image of a bombed New York City, totally engulfed in a firestorm. At the time, the armaments available to the world's ...
1 day ago · Boxing Two Royal Navy men boxing for charity (1945). The modern sport was codified in England in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Also known as Western boxing, pugilism [a] Focus Punching, striking Country of origin The sport itself: Ancient history, possibly Prehistoric Modern rules: United Kingdom Olympic sport 688 BC (ancient Greece) 1904 (modern) Boxing (also known as "western boxing" or ...
