Set 10 - HotShot Facts

27 BC

Augustus begins his rule of the Roman Empire as the first Roman emperor.

1929 AD

NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) crashes after panic induces shares sell-off.

1687 AD

Sir Isaac Newton tells about his theory of gravity and the three laws of motion.

1774 AD

Priestly isolates oxygen.

286 AD

The Roman Empire is divided by Diocletian, he rules the East, Maximiam rules the West.

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.

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.

2500 BC

First written legal codes — The Code of Hammurabi.

1797 AD

The parachute is invented.

1907 AD

Color photography invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere.

1978 AD

John Paul II is elected as the first non-Italian Pope in over 450 years.

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