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Hace 2 días · In 1699, Peter changed the date of the celebration of the new year from 1 September to 1 January. Traditionally, the years were reckoned from the purported creation of the World, but after Peter's reforms, they were to be counted from the birth of Christ.
Hace 3 días · Polish Empire (1410–1699) Polish Empire at its greatest extent, c. 1635 The union of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , formed in 1385, emerged as a major power in Central and Eastern Europe following its victory at the Battle of Grunwald in 1410.
Hace 2 días · Republic of Moldova Republica Moldova (Romanian) Flag Coat of arms Anthem: Limba noastră "Our language" Location of Moldova in Europe (green) and its uncontrolled territory of Transnistria (light green) Capital and largest city Chișinău 47°0′N 28°55′E / 47.000°N 28.917°E / 47.000; 28.917 Official language and national language Romanian Recognised minority languages See ...
Hace 2 días · wm .edu. The College of William & Mary in Virginia ( abbreviated as W&M [6] ), is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. Founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the second-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and the ninth-oldest in the English-speaking ...
Cunningham–Graham Close is an historic building in the centre of Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Located at 13–17 High Street, it is a Category B listed building, built in 1699. [1] It is the oldest continually inhabited building in the city, [2] and one of the few remaining that pre-date the Georgian new town remodelling of the city ...
Hace 2 días · 1880s. 1881: Nikolay Benardos presents carbon arc welding, the first practical arc welding method. [408] 1884: Hiram Maxim invents the recoil-operated Maxim gun, ushering in the age of semi- and fully automatic firearms. 1884: Paul Vieille invents Poudre B, the first smokeless powder for firearms.
Hace 1 día · Sikhism. Guru Nanak founded the Sikh religion in the Punjab region of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent in the 15th century and opposed many traditional practices like fasting, janeu, idolatry, caste system, ascetism, azan, economic materialism, and gender discrimination. [1] Guru Gobind Singh, tenth of the ten Sikh Gurus, founded ...
