The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events, Based on Werner Stein's KulturfahrplanThe Timetables of History spans millennia of human history. Unlike any other reference volume, this book gives a sweeping overview of the making of the contemporary world by mapping out at a glance what was happening simultaneously, from the dawn of history to the present day. |
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Page 349
... Aust . painter , d . ( b . 1694 ) Greuze : " La Paresseuse Italienne " Soufflot : St. Geneviève , Paris ; later the " Panthéon " Niccolò Pasquali , Ital . violinist and composer d . ( " Thoroughbass Made Easy " ) Ignaz Pleyel , Fr.- Aust ...
... Aust . painter , d . ( b . 1694 ) Greuze : " La Paresseuse Italienne " Soufflot : St. Geneviève , Paris ; later the " Panthéon " Niccolò Pasquali , Ital . violinist and composer d . ( " Thoroughbass Made Easy " ) Ignaz Pleyel , Fr.- Aust ...
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... Aust . invaders are stopped at Battle of Valmy ; Fr. troops cross Rhine , take Brussels , and conquer Aust . Netherlands Kentucky becomes a state of the U.S. Denmark is the first nation to abolish the slave trade Two political parties ...
... Aust . invaders are stopped at Battle of Valmy ; Fr. troops cross Rhine , take Brussels , and conquer Aust . Netherlands Kentucky becomes a state of the U.S. Denmark is the first nation to abolish the slave trade Two political parties ...
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... Aust . engineer Franz Köller develops tungsten steel R. S. Lawrence of Vermont , U.S. , constructs turret lathe Livingstone discovers Victoria Falls of Zambezi River Percival Lowell , Amer . astronomer , b . ( d . 1916 ) Matthew Maury ...
... Aust . engineer Franz Köller develops tungsten steel R. S. Lawrence of Vermont , U.S. , constructs turret lathe Livingstone discovers Victoria Falls of Zambezi River Percival Lowell , Amer . astronomer , b . ( d . 1916 ) Matthew Maury ...
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