Set 12 3 - HotShot Facts

843 AD

Treaty of Verdun is signed and divides the current Frankish Empire into 3 (east of Rhine, France and then Italy, Provence, Burgundy and Lorraine.).

Mongols destroy Baghdad.

Hong Kong is returned to China from the UK.

Alexander Severus becomes the new Emperor of Rome.

Philip II of Macedonia assassinated.

Thermometer invented by Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur.

The Chou Dynasty is formed in China by Emperor Wu Wang. The feudal system follows.

Uri Gagarin is the first man in space.

The Crimean War ends.

Solomon dies and his throne is replaced by his son Rehoboam who faces a rebellion soon after his ascension.

Joan of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc) is born.

Henry Ford mass-produces the Model T.