Search results
The 4th century BCE started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period . This century marked the height of Classical Greek civilization in all of its aspects. By the year 400 BCE Greek philosophy, art, literature and architecture had spread far and wide, with ...
29 October: Ivan died. He was succeeded as Grand Duke of Muscovy by his son, Vasili III. 1507: Russo-Crimean Wars: The Crimean Khanate raided the Muscovite towns of Belyov and Kozelsk. 1510: With the approval of most of the local nobility, Vasili arrived in the Pskov Republic and declared it dissolved. 1517
World Jewish population around 7.7 million, 90% in Europe, mostly Eastern Europe; around 3.5 million in the former Polish provinces. 1881–1884, 1903–1906, 1918–1920. Three major waves of pogroms kill tens of thousands of Jews in Russia and Ukraine. More than two million Russian Jews emigrate in the period 1881–1920.
1603. 24 March. England – Death of Queen Elizabeth I. James VI of Scotland crowned King of England (as James I of England ). 1605. 5 November. England and Scotland – The Gunpowder plot is uncovered, in which Guy Fawkes and others attempted to blow up the king, James VI and I and the Parliament of England . 1606.
Astronomical predictions for the 22nd century. Solar eclipses. June 25, 2150: a total solar eclipse with longer than 7 minutes of totality. This will be the first time this has happened in 177 years. July 5, 2168: 7 minutes 26 seconds of totality. July 16, 2186: 7 minutes 29 seconds (close to the theoretical maximum).
28th century. 29th century. 30th century. In contemporary history, the third millennium is the current millennium in the Anno Domini or Common Era, under the Gregorian calendar. It began on 1 January 2001 ( MMI) and will end on 31 December 3000 ( MMM ), spanning the 21st to 30th centuries.
29 May 2019 The state of New Hampshire filed a lawsuit against Dupont, 3M, and other companies, for their roles in the crisis in drinking water contamination in the United States. The lawsuit claims that the polluted water is the result of the manufacture and use of perfluorinated chemicals, a group of more than 4,000 compounds collectively ...
