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2 giorni fa · 1712: Thomas Newcomen builds the first commercial steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine, unlike Thomas Savery's, uses a piston. 1730s. 1730: Thomas Godfrey and John Hadley independently develop the octant; 1733: John Kay enables one person to operate a loom with the flying shuttle
2 giorni fa · The fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD conventionally marks the end of classical antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages. Rome had expanded its rule to most of the Mediterranean and beyond.
- Semi-elective absolute monarchy (de facto)
2 giorni fa · Rome was annexed by Napoleon and was part of the First French Empire from 1798 to 1814. Modern history, the period from the 19th century to the present. Rome came under siege again after the Allied invasion of Italy and was bombed several times. It was declared an open city on 14 August 1943.
2 giorni fa · Ludwig van Beethoven [n 1] (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era in classical music.
1 giorno fa · Bibliography. Further reading. External links. War of 1812. The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States declared war on Britain on 18 June 1812.
- 18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815, (2 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 2 days)
- Inconclusive
1 giorno fa · From the rise of Augustus, the first Roman emperor, in 27 BC to the sack of Rome in AD 455, there were over a hundred usurpations or attempted usurpations (an average of one usurpation or attempt about every four years).
1 giorno fa · Edited by Joannes Andreas de Bussi, this impression lacks the third book of Ad Quirinum; it was to be printed in c. 1477 in Deventer by Richardus Pafraet . [16] [114] [115] Also, Cyprian’s epistolary is here incomplete; three letters were added by Erasmus in 1520 and sixteen new letters were printed in 1563 in Rome by Paulus Manutius , together with two of Novatian’s three extant letters.
