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  1. #ad
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  3.  
  4. //  4th century
  5.  
  6. #p <o>priest<n>Saint Patrick<aka>Patricius<b>385<d>461<info>Celt
  7. <c>Britain<dep>401<c>Ireland<dep>407<c>Britain<dep>432<c>Ireland
  8.  
  9.  
  10. //  6th century
  11.  
  12. #e <t>use<n>mathematical roots and powers<c>India<d>500(25)
  13.  
  14.  
  15. //  7th century
  16.  
  17. #e <t>use<n>decimal numbers in commerce<c>India<d>600
  18. #e <t>battle<n>Moslems capture Alexandria<d>642<c>Alexandria
  19. #e <t>use<n>flaming "bombs" used in warfare<c>Byzantium<d>678
  20.  
  21.  
  22. //  8th century
  23.  
  24. #e <t>use<n>waterwheels<c>Europe<d>700(20)
  25. #e <t>use<n>pictorial books<c>Japan<d>765
  26.  
  27.  
  28. //  9th century
  29.  
  30. #p <nat>Persian<o>math<o>astronomer<n>Mohammad Ibn Musa al-Khawarizmi<d>840(2)
  31. <info>the founder of Algebra<info>The word "algorithm" is named after him
  32.  
  33. #e <t>pub<n>Al-jabr wa'l muqabalah<d>815(5)<au>al-Khawarizmi<info>introduces Hindi numbers, now known as Arabic
  34. #e <t>coin<n>"algebra"<au>al-Khawarizmi<d>815(5)<c>Persia<info>from the title of his book "Al-Jabr wa-al-Mfuqabilah"
  35. #e <t>use<n>astrolabes<c>Arabia<d>850(10)
  36.  
  37.  
  38. //  10th century
  39.  
  40. #p <nat>Persian<o>physicist<n>Abu Ali Hasan Ibn al-Haitham<aka>Alhazen<b>965<c>Baghdad<info>father of modern optics
  41. #p <nat>Persian<o>math<o>astronomer<n>Abul Wafa al-Buzjani<b>940<c>Baghdad<d>998 Jan(12)<info>migrated to Iraq in 959
  42.  
  43. #e <t>use<n>Arabic numerals<c>Europe<d>975
  44. #e <t>use<n>crossbow<c>Europe<d>1000(20)
  45.  
  46.  
  47. //  11th century
  48.  
  49. #p <nat>Persian<o>mathematician<o>astronomer<n>Omar al-Khayyam<b>1044(5)<d>1124 Jan(12)
  50.  
  51. #e <t>battle<n>Crusaders capture Jerusalem<d>1099<c>Jerusalem
  52. #e <t>migration<d>1000<n>Maori settle New Zealand<c>New Zealand
  53.  
  54.  
  55. //  12th century
  56.  
  57. #p <nat>Spanish<o>friar<n>Saint Dominic<b>1170<d>1221<info>founded the Dominican Order
  58. #p <nat>Mongol<o>ruler<n>Genghis Khan<b>1167(1)<d>1227
  59.  
  60. #e <t>annex<n>Sweden annexes Finland<c>Finland<d>1155
  61. #e <t>battle<n>Acre<d>1191<c>Acre
  62.  
  63.  
  64. //  13th century
  65.  
  66. #p <nat>Italian<o>monk<n>Saint Thomas Aquinas<b>1225<d>1274
  67. #p <nat>Italian<o>poet<n>Dante Alighieri<sur>Dante<b>1265<d>1321
  68.  
  69. #e <t>use<d>1202<n>Arabic numbers<c>Europe<info>introduced by Fibonacci
  70. #e <t>use<n>printed paper money<c>Persia<d>1300(20)
  71. #e <t>use<n>mechanical clocks (falling weight type)<c>Europe<d>1300(20)
  72.  
  73.  
  74. //  14th century
  75.  
  76. #p <nat>Mongol<o>ruler<n>Tamerlane<aka>Timur<b>1336(1)<d>1405
  77. #p <nat>Bohemian<o>king<n>Wenceslaus III<b>1361<ac>1378<d>1419<info>emperor of Holy Roman Empire 1378 to 1400
  78.  
  79. #e <t>religion<n>Popes forced to reside at Avignon<c>Avignon<d>1309<e>1377
  80. #e <t>war<n>Hundred Years' War<d>1338<e>1453<vic>England<c>France
  81.  
  82.  
  83. //  15th century
  84.  
  85. #p <o>artist<o>inventor<nat>Italian<n>Leonardo da Vinci<b>1452 Apr 15<d>1519
  86. #p <nat>Dutch<o>theologian<n>Desiderius Erasmus<aka>Geert Geerts<b>1468(2)<d>1536
  87. #p <nat>Portuguese<o>explorer<n>Vasco da Gama<b>1469(1)<d>1524
  88. #p <nat>Italian<o>writer<n>Niccolò Machiavelli<b>1469<d>1527<c>Florence
  89. #p <nat>Italian<o>sculptor<o>painter<o>architect<n>Michelangelo<b>1474<d>1564
  90. #p <nat>Turkish<o>sultan<n>Suleiman the Magnificent<sur>Suleiman<b>1490(5)<ac>1520<d>1566
  91.  
  92. #e <t>decree<n>Papal bull divides New World<d>1493<info>between Spain and Portugal
  93.