Greek science: 585 BCE - c. 150
...century BCE Science Astronomy and space Europe Greece c. 330 BCE 330 BCE Aristotle tackles wide-ranging subjects on a systematic basis, leaving to his successors an encyclopedia of contemporary thought Aristotle (384–322 bc ) World Encyclopedia 1 4th century BCE Greek literature Literature Philosophy Science Europe Greece c. 300 BCE 300 BCE The Greek author Theophrastus writes On the History of Plants , the earliest surviving work on botany Theophrastus ( c. 372 bc –287 bc ) A Dictionary of Scientists 1 4th century BCE 3rd century BCE Science Life...
Science: c. 13.7 billion years ago - 2011
...British Isles Europe Britain 1859 1859 Charles Darwin puts forward the theory of evolution in On the Origin of Species , the result of 20 years' research Darwin, Charles (1809–82) A Dictionary of British History 1 rev 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Literature English literature Literature in English Life sciences Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain 1860 1860 Florence Nightingale opens a training school for nurses in St Thomas's Hospital, establishing nursing as a profession Nightingale, Florence...
Life sciences: c. 3 billion years ago - 2010
...British Isles Europe Britain 1859 1859 Charles Darwin puts forward the theory of evolution in On the Origin of Species , the result of 20 years' research Darwin, Charles (1809–82) A Dictionary of British History 1 rev 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Literature English literature Literature in English Science Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain 1865 1865 Gregor Mendel reads a paper to the Natural History Society in Brno describing his discoveries in the field of genetics Mendel, Gregor Johann (1822–84) A...
Physics: c. 13.7 billion years ago - 2010
...Isles Europe Britain 1988 1988 British physicist Stephen Hawking explains the cosmos for the general reader in A Brief History of Time: from the Big Bang to Black Holes Hawking, Stephen William (1943– ) Who's Who in the Twentieth Century 1 1980s 20th century Literature English literature Literature in English Science Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Britain 2008 2008 The Large Hadron Collider, at Cern in Switzerland, begins accelerating protons round a 17-mile circular tunnel Large Hadron Collider A Dictionary of...
Printing: c. 175 - 1855
...Gerardus (1512–94) World Encyclopedia 1 16th century Prints Technology Europe Belgium Netherlands 1640 1640 The first book published in England's American colonies is Bay Psalm Book , a revised translation of the psalms Bay Psalm Book The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature 1 17th century Technology North America United States 1649 1649 Rembrandt creates an etching so desirable that it becomes known as the Hundred Guilder Print Rembrandt (1606–69) The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 3 rev 17th century Arts Prints Europe Netherlands c....
Astronomy and space: 2781 BCE - 2011
...launches the Egyptian calendar system Sothic cycle A Dictionary of Astronomy 2 rev 3100-1000 BCE Science Africa North Africa Egypt c. 1750 BCE 1750 BCE Babylonian astronomers name many of the constellations and identify the planets Babylonia The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature 3 3100-1000 BCE Assyria and Babylon Science Mesopotamia Asia West Asia Iraq c. 1100 BCE 1100 BCE Phoenician sailors use the pole star for navigational purposes Pole Star World Encyclopedia 1 3100-1000 BCE Science The Phoenicians Asia West Asia Lebanon and Syria 585 BCE 585...
Technology: c. 27,000 years ago - 2011
...iron - introducing what is later called the Iron Age Iron Age A Dictionary of World History 2 3100-1000 BCE Inventions and discoveries Asia West Asia Turkey c. 1400 BCE 1400 BCE The clepsydra, or water clock, is developed in Egypt cle'psydra The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature 3 3100-1000 BCE Inventions and discoveries Africa North Africa Egypt c. 1000 BCE 1000 BCE Iron reheated with carbon is found to be much harder, being transformed into steel steel The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology 2 3100-1000 BCE 1000-600 BCE Inventions and...
Engineering: c. 515 BCE - 2010
...The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names 2 2nd century Roman empire Technology Europe Spain Empires 134 134 The Sant'Angelo bridge in Rome, still standing today, is built for the emperor Hadrian by means of a coffer dam Hadrian The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature 3 2nd century Roman empire Technology Europe Italy Empires c. 610 610 The Grand Canal is constructed in China, joining a network of existing waterways to link the Yangtze and Yellow rivers Grand Canal World Encyclopedia 1 7th century Canals Technology Asia East Asia China...
