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4250 BC

Development of copper and bronze metallurgy.

79 AD

The volcano Vesuvius erupts, spewing lava so quickly that it preserved the city of Pompeii. Titus is the current emperor of Rome.

1804 AD

Locomotive invented by Richard Trevithick.

1610 AD

The theory of relative motion is put forward by Galileo Galilee.

1676 AD

Polish-Ottoman War ends.

1989 AD

Berlin Wall is torn down and communist rule ends in East Germany.

1500 AD

Ball bearing invented by Leonardo Da Vinci together with flying machines, including a helicopter, the first mechanical calculator and one of the first programmable robots.

1991 AD

The Soviet Union collapses. NATO gets involved in Yugoslavia.

2500 BC

First written legal codes — The Code of Hammurabi.

1928 AD

Penicillin is discovered on accident by Alexander Flemming.

6000 BC

First beer is brewed from grain in the Near East.

1098 AD

Crusaders defeat the Saracens at Antioch.

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