Events
*W: Origin of Humankind*W: Neanderthal man.*W: Evidence of counting*W: Cro-Magnon Man*W: Cave paintings and primitive geometric designs*W: Stone age*W: Primitive agriculture*W: Neolithic civilizations*W: Farming, ceramics, burialsW: Use of metalsW: Use of wheeled vehiclesW: Use of potter's wheel*W: rudiments of writing appear in some culturesW: Smelting of ironW: Use of bronze metalworkingNW: Olmec civilization by the Gulf of MexicoE: Hypothetical origin of the Egyptian calendarE: Invention of bread*E: Use of hieroglyphic writingE: Hieroglyphic numerals up to a million.E: Pharaoh Atothis writes first book about human body*E: Probable introduction of the Egyptian calendarE: Paved highways*C: Invention of paper*E: Rhind PapyrusMeso: Rise of Mesopotamia/BabyloniaMeso: Developed writing system of pictographsB: Behistun Rock createdB: Translation of Senkerah tablet*E: Ptolemy introduces the symbol omicron "o" for 0C: A number system is fully developedC: First found mathematical textW: Invention of the wheelbarrowC: Chinese script is mature*I: Mature Indus scriptW: Lebombo boneW: Rosetta Stone was found*I: FibonacciI: Cotton cultivatedI: Religious practices est. in Indus Valley regionB: Babylonian time system developedMeso: Development of a system of weights and measuresMeso: Positional notations is developedMeso: Epic of GilgameshMeso: Invention of chariotsB: Beginning of the Babylonian EmpireB: Code of HammurabiB: Perfection of glass makingC: Production of silk fabricC: Recorded observation of a comet*E: Beginning of construction of the Great PyramidE: Moscow papyrusE: Berlin papyrusE: Invention pf the water clockE: Development of the semaphore for communication.W: Trojan WarW: Jerusalem becomes Israeli capitalW: Rise of the Kingdom of Kush in NubiaRise of the Persian EmpireC: Era of the Hundred Schools of Thought.W: Babylonian Captivity of the tribes of Israel*E: Founding of AlexandriaW: Death of Alexander the GreatE: Valley of the Kings*E: Simple fractions*C: First mathematical artifacts found*C: Birth of ConfuciusNW: Evidence of writing in the Zapotec civ.C: Use of rod numeralsC: Warring states period beginsI: Establishment of a 95 year calendarI: Vedic Sanskrit text.*I: Birth of Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)I: Schools of atomism originateI: Meeting of the first Buddhist Council*I: Jain mathematiciansR: City of Rome founded according to legend*R: Founding of the Rome RepublicG: Illiad and Odyssey of HomerG: First philosophers discuss findings from Egypt and BabylonG: Rise of Greek citystatesG: first sculptures that could stand alone.G: First Olympiad*G: Thales of MiletusG: Pythagorean discoveriesG: Athens won a battle against Persia*G: Parmenides*G: Zeno*G: Democritus*G: Hippocrates of Cos*G: Birth of PlatoG: Death of Socrates*G: EudoxusG: Death of PlatoG: Death of AristotleNW: Great Pyramid of CholulaMeso: Abacus*NW: 0 used in the Olmec civW: Hannibal crosses the Alp*C: Beginning of construction of the great Wall of ChinaNW: Nazca LinesC: Revival of ConfucianismW: East half of Silk Road openW: Slave uprising lead by SpartacusW: Silk road extended to MediterraneanE: Cleopatra become joint ruler of EgyptNW: Maya place value and calendarW: Glass vesselsW: Julius Caesar's new calendar is introducedW: Julius Caesar is murderedW: Herod is appointed king of JudaeaW: Jesus is born*C: Oldest evidence of geometry in ChinaC: techniques for solving equations dev'dC: Zhou dynasty ends and Confucianism banned.C: Standardized system of weights and measuresC: Dynasties change againC: The Book on Numbers and Computation is writtenC: "Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art" is completedIn: First instance of Brahmi numerals*In/Jain: CombinationsW: Use of water wheels for irrigationW: First known use of smelted iron to create steel.*In: Work towards a new number systemIn/Jain: "Sthananga Sutra" written*W: Rosetta Stone*G: Euclid of Alexandia*G: Aristarchus*G: Archimedes*G: Eratosthenes and his SieveG: Apollonius*G: Eratosthenes and the EarthG: Hipparchus*I: Earliest known use of 0 as a placeholder.*I: AryabhataI/J: Jains and infinity*I: Bhaskara I*I: BrahmaguptaW: Christians decided this is Year 1R: Nero is proclaimed emperorW: Dead Sea Scrolls*W: Eruption of VesuviusW: Buddhism in China*W: Roman Roads stretch from England to EgyptNW: Introduction of QuetzalcoatlW: Hadrian's Wall construction beginsW: London*W: First steps towards printingW: Use of horses in warW: Invention of the metal stirrup*W: Byzantium is renamed ConstantinopleW: Shinto clan becomes emperor of JapanW: Destruction of the SerapeumW: Final division of the Roman EmpireR: Traditional Fall of RomeNW: Origin of Chocolate drink.*W: Muhammad born in MeccaW: Arabs gain control of PalestineW: Muslims defeat the Persian Empire*W: Beginning of the Islamic Golden AgeW: Muslims enter Spain and India.*E: Diophantus of Alexandria*E: Theon of Alexandria*E: HypatiaE: Death of Hypatia*C: Sun Zi*C: Lui HuiC: Tsu Ch'ung-chi's approx for piC: Liu Zhuo and quadratic interpolationC: Introduction of Hindu numeralsC: Tables of sines translated from IndiaC: Wang Xiatong solved cubic equationsC: Yi Xing constructed a table of tangentsW: Death of CharlemagneThe Viking Great Army arrives in England*W: Earliest known printed book in China with a date.W: Iceland is settled by NorsemenW: Abd-ar-Rahman III takes the title of Caliph of the Islamic worldW: Eric the Red, exiled from Iceland, begins colonization of GreenlandW: Leif Ericson settles for the winter in present-day CanadaW: The Tale of GenjiisW: Avicenna of Persia writes The Canon of Medicine.W: Founding of Westminster AbbeyW: The Great SchismW: William the ConquerorW: Construction of the Tower of London*W: Compilation of the Domesday Book*W: University of Oxford founded.W: WindmillsW: Europeans first use compassesW: Sack of Constantinople*W: Ghengis KhanW: University of Cambridge is founded*W: The Magna Carta is signedW: Siege of BaghdadW: Marco Polo writes about ChinaW: Dante's Divine ComedyNW: Founding of TenochtitlanW: First known merchant guildW: First Instance of the Black Death*W: Black Death reaches Constantinople*House of Wisdom EstablishedAl-KhwarizmiAl-KindiAl-KarajiAl-BataniHindu Arabic numeral systemOmar KhayyamAl-SamawalBhaskara IINasir al-Sin al-TusiTranslation of Greek textsHugh of St. VictorLeonardo FibonacciNicole OresmeLe YeZhu ShijieAbu KamilTimbuktu Mathematical ManuscriptsChaucerBible translated into English*Beginning of the Portuguese Empire and Age of DiscoveryConstruction of the Chinese Forbidden CityJoan of ArcBirth of Incan Empire*Movable type printing*Birth of Leonardo da Vinci*Fall of ConstantinopleBirth of MichelangeloJoan of Arc is acquitted of heresy*Establishment of the Spanish InquisitionBirth of Martin Luther*Metal movable type created in ChinaChristopher Columbus sailsJews expelled from Spain*Vasco de GamaMichelangelo works on DavidMona Lisa*Birth of ShakespeareDeath of the last Inca leader*Gregorian calendarEngland repulses the Spanish Armadause of + -equal signBeginning of Edo period in Japan*symbols for multiplication*First publication of the King James BibleTaj Mahal*Harvard University founded*Establishment of the Greenwich ObservatoryBirth of composer Antonio VivaldiBirth of composer George Friferich HandelBirth of composer Johann Sebastian BachSalem witch trials in MassachusettsMadhavaParameshvaraRegiomontatus"De divina proportione"Gerolamo Cardano*Jyeshtadeva*Rafael Bombelli*John Napier*William OughtredPierre de FermatPascal and Fermat and theory of probabilityJohn WallisNewton and Leibnize and infinitesimal CalculusEdmund HalleyPeriods
*W: Construction of StonehengeE: Egypt is stableG: Life of HerodotusE: Formation of Egyptian civilizationC: Xia dynastyMath inquires stop for Rome and those it controlsW: Destruction of the Great Library of Alexandria*W: Hagia Sophia Construction*W: Muhammad's influenceI: Golden Age of the Gupta EmpireIslamic Golden Age*W: CrusadesHundred Years'W: Hundred Years' WarRenaissanceAztecs are dominant*Magellan- Elcano voyage*Thomas HarrietFrancois VietaHeight of the Kerala School*Rene DescartesSir Francis BaconGalileo*Copernicus
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