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1180 AD

A truce is formed between Saladin and Baldwin IV.

Photography invented by Joseph Nicephore Niepce.

Charles Babbage designs his first mechanical computer.

Wireless communication invented by Nikola Tesla.

Lightning rod invented by Benjamin Franklin.

Einstein writes the Theory of Relativity.

Britain and France go to war.

Construction begins on The Great Wall of China.

French demographist Emmanuel Todd predicts the level of literacy amongst the world population to reach near 100% by 2030.

Benedict XVI resigned as pope, the first to do so since Gregory XII in 1415, and the first to do so voluntarily since Celestine V in 1294.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

St. Patrick begins his missionary work in Ireland.