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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... Joseph II ( -1790 ) Outbreak of Second Mysore War ( -1784 ) Rebellion in Peru against Span . rule Pitt the Younger enters Parliament John Forsyth , U.S. Secretary of State to Jackson and Van Buren , b . ( d . 1841 ) American Revolution ...
... Joseph II ( -1790 ) Outbreak of Second Mysore War ( -1784 ) Rebellion in Peru against Span . rule Pitt the Younger enters Parliament John Forsyth , U.S. Secretary of State to Jackson and Van Buren , b . ( d . 1841 ) American Revolution ...
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... Joseph Lister , Eng . surgeon , b . ( d . 1912 ) Joseph Niepce produces photographs on a metal plate George S. Ohm ( 1787—1854 ) formulates Ohm's Law , defining electrical current potential and resistance Aust . engineer Joseph Ressel ...
... Joseph Lister , Eng . surgeon , b . ( d . 1912 ) Joseph Niepce produces photographs on a metal plate George S. Ohm ( 1787—1854 ) formulates Ohm's Law , defining electrical current potential and resistance Aust . engineer Joseph Ressel ...
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... Joseph Petzval ( 1807-1891 ) produces a photographic portrait lens with a speed of f / 3.6 Sir Henry M. Stanley ( John Rowlands ) , Eng . journalist and explorer in Africa , b . ( d . 1904 ) Johann Eugenius Bülow Warming , Dan ...
... Joseph Petzval ( 1807-1891 ) produces a photographic portrait lens with a speed of f / 3.6 Sir Henry M. Stanley ( John Rowlands ) , Eng . journalist and explorer in Africa , b . ( d . 1904 ) Johann Eugenius Bülow Warming , Dan ...
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