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1056 Supernova Crab nebula last seen by the naked eye 1500 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil. 1823 R J Tyers patents roller...

753 BC Romulus and Remus found Rome (traditional date). 43 BC - Marcus Antonius was defeated by Octavian near Modena, Italy. 1536 Thomas Cromwell begins to...

Lord Hanuman, also called the monkey-God, is bestowed with many names. Let’s have a look at the most common names and their meanings. How...

1611 First known performance of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth at the Globe Theatre, London 1715 Nicholas Rowe's play "The Tragedy of Lady Jane Grey" premieres...

607 Comet 1P/607 H1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0898 AUs of Earth 1770 British explorer Captain James Cook first sights Australia 1839 - The Kingdom of Belgium...

An "elaborate" Roman villa was unearthed by chance by a homeowner, a rug designer Luke Irwin who was carrying out some work at his...

Journey of the ancient Egyptian civilization  through the journey of a young Egyptian kid on a tour up the river Nile with his father....

1506 The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, is laid. 1853 - The first train in Asia began running from Bombay...

1784 - The first balloon was flown in Ireland. 1802 William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy see a "long belt" of daffodils, inspiring the...

43 BC Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa,who is killed. 1434 The foundation...