Today in History - May 11--Today in History for May 11:On this date:In 1189, Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa and 100,000 crusaders left Regensburg in southern Germany for the Holy Land.In 1421, Jews were expelled from Styria in Austria.In 1676, beggars were told that they needed permission...
it was obvious, when you thought about it. Everyone knew that swallows disappeared in the winter; but no one seemed to know where they went. Morton had looked everywhere. They didn’t seem to hide in their
is not new. Several religions are built around it. Thinking of God in these terms is not heresy but is advanced theology. The old-time God—the big bearded man sitting on a throne in the sky—is dead.” - John Keel
… The divinities of heathen superstition still linger in one form or another in the faith of the ignorant, and even intelligent men shrink from the contemplation of one supreme will acting regularly, not fortuitously, through laws beautiful and simple rather than through a fitful and capricious s...
In 1676, Rømer observed that the periods of Jupiter’s innermost moon Io appeared to be shorter when the Earth was approaching Jupiter than when it was receding from it. From this, he concluded that light travels at a finite speed, and estimated that it takes about 22 minutes to cross ...
History of British Science Week British Science Week is a platform to provide support to teachers, STEM professionals, science communicators, and the general public to produce and participate in STEM events and activities. It’s designed to raise awareness, spark enthusiasm, and celebrate science, ...
(1596-1676), calledMirame, celebrated the opening of the theatre in the Palais Cardinal.Europe, another play by Desmarets, was an allegorical glorification of Louis XIII’s foreign policy. Alongside these works, a flood of pamphlets defending Richelieu’s policies poured out of the printing shops...
The three widely accepted sources were written by people who were highly regarded in society back then. They were also part of the bushi-class. The Bansenshukai is a collection of detailed knowledge from two places well-known for ninja activity, compiled in 1676 to preserve the knowledge of ...
In Traité de Physique, (1671, 1676), Part. 3, Chap. 6, 186. As translated in Rohault’s System of Natural Philosophy (1723), Part 3, Chap. 6, 154. From the original French, “Que s’il est vray que quelques Chymistes ayent autrefois converty du plomb en or, ça esté par ...
(no surprise there) in the city of Hamburg, Germany in 1676. But property insurance as we know it today has its roots in one of history’s most iconic events, the Great Fire of London. In the aftermath of that great fire which destroyed some 13,000 residences, London economists created...