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2500 BC

First written legal codes — The Code of Hammurabi.

The Mars-Grunt sample return mission is proposed to launch in the mid-2020s.

Penicillin is discovered on accident by Alexander Flemming.

First beer is brewed from grain in the Near East.

Crusaders defeat the Saracens at Antioch.

First steam powered mills automate the weaving process.

Britain abolishes the death penalty for murder.

Israel is invaded and defeated by the Philistines.

Egypt’s 1st Dynasty created by the joining of the upper and lower kingdoms of Egypt.

Mendeleev produces the Periodic Table.

Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016, died and replaced by his son, Vajiralongkorn.

Romulus Augustus becomes Emperor.