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End of the 10th century [14] Kitab al-Aghani: Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani: Collection of songs, biographical information, and information relating to the lives and customs of the early Arabs and of the Muslim Arabs of the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates [15] 10th century [16] Shahnameh: Ferdowsi: Epic poem: Begun c. 977, finished 1010 [17 ...
British Raj period: the first definite map of India drawn by English cartographers. Mid-19th century: First noted journal club by English surgeon Sir James Paget (1814–1899); recalling in his memoirs time spent at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London, Paget describes "a kind of club [. . .] a small room over a baker's shop near the Hospital ...
Engineers during World War Two test a model of a Halifax bomber in a wind tunnel, an invention that dates back to 1871.. The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discoveries that involved British people or the United Kingdom including the predecessor states before the Treaty of Union in 1707, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland.
With the invention of British literature came the development of the early British novels, in contrast to the English novel of the 18th century which continued to deal with England and English concerns rather than exploring the changed political, social and literary environment. [53]
An illustration of a ship from the Cædmon manuscript. The codex now referred to as the "Junius manuscript" was formerly called the "Cædmon manuscript" after an early theory that the poems it contains were the work of Cædmon; the theory is no longer considered credible, therefore the manuscript it is commonly referred to either by its Bodleian Library shelf mark "MS Junius 11", or more ...
10th century: Fire lance in Song dynasty China, developed in the 10th century with a tube of first bamboo and later on metal that shot a weak gunpowder blast of flame and shrapnel, its earliest depiction is a painting found at Dunhuang. [344] Fire lance is the earliest firearm in the world and one of the earliest gunpowder weapons. [345] [346]
The 10th century was the period from 901 (represented by the Roman numerals CMI) through 1000 (M) in accordance with the Julian calendar, and the last century of the 1st millennium. In China, the Song dynasty was established, with most of China reuniting after the fall of the Tang dynasty and the following Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period .
Ælfric of Eynsham completes the English Lives of Saints. [1] 998. Danes raid southern and western coasts. [1] 999. Danes raid Kent, attacking Rochester. [1] 1000. English fleet invades the Isle of Man. [1] English invasion of Cumbria fails. [1] Heroic poem The Battle of Maldon composed. [1]