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The stations grew out of imitations of the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem, which is a traditional processional route symbolising the path Jesus walked to Mount Calvary. The objective of the stations is to help the Christian faithful to make a spiritual pilgrimage through contemplation of the Passion of Christ.
Date Name Other names Description Ref. June 1, 1794: Glorious First of June: Third Battle of Ushant: A naval battle between the Great Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars. [11] March 31, 1909: 31 March Incident —
The following dates are approximations. 700 BC: Pythagoras's theorem is discovered by Baudhayana in the Hindu Shulba Sutras in Upanishadic India. [18] However, Indian mathematics, especially North Indian mathematics, generally did not have a tradition of communicating proofs, and it is not fully certain that Baudhayana or Apastamba knew of a proof.
List of fossil sites with link directory. List of timelines around the world. Logarithmic timeline shows all history on one page in ten lines. Orders of magnitude (time) Periodization for a discussion of the tendency to try to fit history into non-overlapping periods. Time. Planck Time
The dates listed in this section refer to the earliest evidence of an invention found and dated by archaeologists (or in a few cases, suggested by indirect evidence). Dates are often approximate and change as more research is done, reported and seen. Older examples of any given technology are often found.
List of decades, centuries, and millennia This article includes an events-related list of lists . If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Image credits: Wichella #8. Can only remember a moment in personal history. I was the last generation in my country to do mandatory military service. And apparently my generation is particularly lazy.
1728 – In the service of the Russian Empire, Danish-born Russian explorer Vitus Bering sails through the strait that now bears his name. He also discovers and names Saint Lawrence Island. [43] 1732 – Mikhail Gvozdev discovers the "Large Country" . [70] 1734 – Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye discovers Lake Winnipeg. [71]