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Feb 15, 1564
Galileo's teachings are condemned by the church
Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564[4] – 8 January 1642)[1][5] was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations, and support for Copernicanism. Galileo has been called the "father of modern observational astronomy,"[6] the "father of modern physics,"[7] the "father of science,"[7] and "the Father of Modern Science."[8] Stephen Haw -
Manchus invaded Korea
The First Manchu invasion of Korea occurred in 1627, when Huang Taiji ( 皇太極) led the Manchu army against the Korean Joseon dynasty in retaliation for Korea’s support of the Ming forces. The Manchu marched deep into Korean territory and defeated Mao Wenlong (毛文龍), a Ming Mobile Corps Commander who was using an island off the Korean peninsula as a base for guerrilla warfare against the Manchu. Preoccupied with threats on their home front, the Manchu then offered Korea a peaceful settlement, which -
First daily newspaper is printed in London
The control over printing relaxed to some extent after the ending of the Star Chamber in 1641. The Civil War escalated the demand for news. News-pamphlets or -books reported the war, often supporting one side or the other. Following the Restoration there arose a number of publications, including the London Gazette (first published on November 16, 1665 as the Oxford Gazette), the first official journal of record and the newspaper of the Crown. Publication was controlled under the Licensing Act of -
Ruke of emperor qianlong ends
There are myths and legends that say Hongli was actually a Han and not of Manchu descent, whilst there were some that say Hongli is only half Manchu and half Han Chinese descent. Nevertheless, looking at historical records, Hongli was adored both by his grandfather, the Kangxi Emperor and his father, the Yongzheng Emperor. -
The sevens year war
Frederick continued the advance into Bohemia, where he besieged an Austrian army in Prague after defeating it on May 6th. An Austrian relief army did major damage to Frederick at Kolin on June 18th, forcing him to abandon the siege and the Bohemia invasion. On August 30th, Prussian Field Marshal Lehwaldt with 25,000 men attacked 80,000 Russians at Gross Jagersdorf and was defeated, but the Russians withdrew because of supply problems -
Stamp Act
an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the -
Boston Massacre
The soldiers were in Boston to keep order, but townspeople viewed them as potential oppressors, competitors for jobs, and threats to social mores. -
Boston Tea Party
The crisis came to a head on December 16, 1773 when as many as 7,000 agitated locals milled about the wharf where the ships were docked. A mass meeting at the Old South Meeting House that morning resolved that the tea ships should leave the harbor without payment of any duty. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies that met on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution -
Lexington&Concord
On the night of April 18, the royal governor of Massachusetts, General Thomas Gage, commanded by King George III to suppress the rebellious Americans, had ordered 700 British soldiers, under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith and Marine Major John Pitcairn, to seize the colonists' military stores in Concord, some 20 miles west of Boston. -
Declaration of independance
After finalizing the text on July 4, Congress issued the Declaration of Independence in several forms. It was initially published as a printed broadside that was widely distributed and read to the public. The most famous version of the Declaration, a signed copy that is usually regarded as the Declaration of Independence, is on display at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. -
Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown or Battle of Yorktown in 1781 was a decisive victory by combined assault of American forces led by General George Washington and French forces led by General Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by General Lord Cornwallis. It proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War, as the surrender of Cornwallis’s army (the second major surrender of the war, the other being Burgoyne's surrender at the Battle of Saratoga) prompted the British g
