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Showing posts with label Earthquakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Earthquakes. Show all posts
Sunday, November 29, 2015

History Trivia - Antioch struck by an earthquake

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November 29 526 - Antioch in modern day Syria was struck by an Earthquake, about 250,000 died. 939 Edmund was crowned as king of Eng...
Thursday, February 5, 2015

History Trivia - Marcus Cato, the Roman philosopher, commits suicide

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February 5  46 BC, Marcus Cato, the Roman philosopher, committed suicide by stabbing himself, after learning of the victory of his ene...
Saturday, November 29, 2014

History Trivia - Edmund crowned king of England

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November 29  526 - Antioch in modern day Syria was struck by an Earthquake, about 250,000 died. 799 Pope Leo III, aided by Charles t...
Thursday, October 2, 2014

Skeletons Shed Light on Ancient Earthquake in Israel

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The golden dove shaped pendant between the skeleton remains at the basilica. Michael Eisenberg by ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

History Trivia - Crusaders attack Damascus

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July 23  365 a great earthquake struck the eastern Mediterranean and destroyed the Roman city of Kourion on the island of Cyprus. 68...
Sunday, January 26, 2014

History Trivia - 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

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January 26 66 5th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. 1316 Revolt in Wales against the authority of Edward II began. ...
Thursday, December 5, 2013

History Trivia - The French Franc is created

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December 5 63 BC Marcus Tullius Cicero, the consul of Rome, read the last of his Catiline Orations, exposing to the Roman Senate the plo...