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Movable type printing press invented by Bi Sheng.
Maxentius is killed in the battle of Milvian Bride. Constantine converts to Christianity.
Pendulum invented by Galileo Galilei.
Pressure cooker invented by Denis Papin.
Agrippina is murdered by her son, Nero.
John F. Kennedy (JFK) assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.
Mongols invade Persia.
Urban II becomes the new Pope.
Ethernet invented by Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs.
The Moors lose Toledo to Alfonso Vi.
Massive plague sweeps over London.
The Muslim scholars of Tabari compile the medical writings of Greece, Rome, Persia and India.