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 264
... opens Sir John Davies : " Orchestra , " poem Sir John Harington : " The Metamorphosis of Ajax , " satire Shakespeare : " King John , " " The Merchant of Venice " Edmund Spenser : " The Faerie Queene , " Books 4-6 Pope Clement VIII ...
... opens Sir John Davies : " Orchestra , " poem Sir John Harington : " The Metamorphosis of Ajax , " satire Shakespeare : " King John , " " The Merchant of Venice " Edmund Spenser : " The Faerie Queene , " Books 4-6 Pope Clement VIII ...
Page 437
... opens in London First swim across English Channel , by Captain Matthew Webb , from Dover to Cap Griz Nez , 21 hours 45 minutes ( Aug. 24-25 ) Strength of European armies : Russia 3,360,000 ; Germany 2,800,000 ; France 412,000 ; Great ...
... opens in London First swim across English Channel , by Captain Matthew Webb , from Dover to Cap Griz Nez , 21 hours 45 minutes ( Aug. 24-25 ) Strength of European armies : Russia 3,360,000 ; Germany 2,800,000 ; France 412,000 ; Great ...
Page 519
... opens Films : " The Two - Faced Woman " ( Garbo's last film ) ; " Citizen Kane " ( Orson Welles ) ; " Kipps " ( Carol Reed ) ; " The Big Store " ( Marx Brothers ) ; " The 49th Parallel " ( Leslie Howard ) ; " Ohm Krüger " ( anti - Brit ...
... opens Films : " The Two - Faced Woman " ( Garbo's last film ) ; " Citizen Kane " ( Orson Welles ) ; " Kipps " ( Carol Reed ) ; " The Big Store " ( Marx Brothers ) ; " The 49th Parallel " ( Leslie Howard ) ; " Ohm Krüger " ( anti - Brit ...
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