LIberal arts were taught at higher education institutions in Athens, Greece, circa 393 BCE Continue reading
Mexican Use of European Glassmaking Techniques
European glassmaking techniques were brought to the Americas by Spanish Continue reading
Cesare Beccaria
Beccaria was born in Milan on 15 March 1738 to the Marchese Gian Beccaria Bonesana, an aristocrat of moderate well-being from the Austrian Habsburg Empire. Continue reading
Hydra Display Regenerative Powers
Swiss naturalist Abraham Trembley proved organism regeneration by observing freshwater hydra, Chlorohydra viridissima, in the 18th century. Continue reading
Benito Pablo Juarez
Benito Pablo Juárez García (Spanish: [beˈnito ˈpaβlo ˈxwaɾes gaɾˈsi.a] (listen); 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Mexican lawyer and politician, who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in 1872. Continue reading
Doister Wrote First the First English Comedy Play
Ralph Roister Doister wrote the first English five-act comedy play in doggerel and song Continue reading
Publication of Book II of Contra Apionem
Greek writer Apion wrote the Book II of Contra Apionem (Against Apion) about anti-Semitic libel in 85 AD, Continue reading
Early Neoclassical Architecture Style Used in Europe
Neoclassical architecture spread from France and Britain and into the Americas after 1750, a decorative excess of the Rococo style. Continue reading
First Artificial Heart Transplant
American surgeon Dr. Denton A. Cooley implanted the world's first entirely artificial heart into Haskell Karp, age 47, from Skokie, IL Continue reading
Homo Habilis Fossils Discovered in China
Asian hominids belonged to one of two early human species, Homo habilis or Homo ergaster as per Continue reading