10 historical events you need to know

Do you know that Christ was born before Christ, which is the most terrible event in recent history, and which Croatian university was the first?

Imagine, you find yourself on the Chase and Tariq asks you a question about the first man on the moon, and you don’t know who he is. Oh, we did that in the eighth grade of history, what was it called? Neil Horan? Billie Joe Armstrong? Neil Armstrong? Earth, open up. To prevent this from happening, in the article we have singled out 10 events from world and domestic history that you should know.

1. Founder of Rome

Europe as we know it today and the entire Western civilization lies on the remnants of the Roman Empire. We have built and are building our roads on the old Roman roads, we admire the Peristyle, the Colosseum, the Pula Arena. Most Indo-European languages took their words from Latin. Italian itself was colloquially called peasant Latin. Even in the sentence: "Latin is dead," two words of Latin. It would therefore be good that everyone knows one of the main events of our civilization. Rome was founded by Romulus on April 21 753 years before Christ, and from this yearThe Romans count time. In short, according to legend, the twins Romulus and Remus, sons of the god Mars and Rhea Sylvia, raised by a wolf, agreed that whoever saw more birds would found a city. So they left the decision to the gods. Romulus ascended the Palatine, and Remus the Aventine (two of the seven Roman hills). The gods were more inclined to Romulus, so he saw twelve, and Remus only six birds. Thus Romulus had the honor of founding the city. The canal around the Palatine was plowed, and the ejected earth represented the walls. The brother was jealous so he mockingly jumped over the wall. As Romulus could not bear to have anyone uninvited enter an unbuilt city, he attacked his brother and killed him, telling him, " So in the future will perish anyone who crosses my walls."

And so the city of Rome was created, named after Romulus, not Remus.

2. The birth of Christ

Believers or not, this event concerns each of us. Namely, as is well known, human history is divided into two great epochs: the time before Christ (new era) and after Christ. If someone asks you what the year zero means, you will probably answer that it is the year of Jesus ’birth. And you will be right, to some extent. Year 0 does not exist on the calendar. Date 31 December 1 year BC Cr. immediately the Meeting on 1 January 1 was not common mistake in people is they think zero (first) year marks Christ's death, not birth. His death took place in 33 AD But the story is even more complicated because the Bible does not state the date of Jesus' birth. The Gospel of Matthew says that Jesus was born during Herod's reign, and Herod died in the 4th year.before new era. Technically, Christ was born before Christ.

3. The first Croatian university

The first Croatian university was the Philosophical-Theological College of the Dominican Order in Zadar, founded in 1396, and operated until 1807. Its six-century-long tradition places Zadar among the oldest European university cities. University of Zadar was re-established in 2002 year and operates to this day. On the other hand, the oldest continuously operating university in Croatia and one of the oldest in Europe is the University of Zagreb. It was founded on September 23, 1669, when the status of the university was recognized to the then Jesuit Academy in the free royal city of Zagreb by a diploma of the Roman Emperor and Hungarian-Croatian King Leopold I., which was accepted at the Parliament of the Kingdom of Croatia on November 3, 1671 . In its present form, it was founded in 1874 by the Austrian Emperor and Croatian-Hungarian King Francis Joseph I. Judge for yourself how much things have changed since then.

4. The invention of the printing press

We don't know how we would finish college today without a printer, so it is not clear to us how people functioned before his invention, that is, his predecessor - the printing press. Imagining students before 1440, we see a whole series of Akaki Akakievich making scripts from manuscript encyclopedias. Fortunately, Johannes Gutenberg invented the first printing press, which led to a kind of revolution in Europe. He came up with the idea to forge individual metal letters and to compose lines and pages from letters. He also constructed a wooden press that was used to make an impression on a sheet of paper. Thus, in 1455 , he published the first printed book - the Bible.

Mr. Gutenberg, thank you!

5. The invention of alternating current

Alternating current is the electric current whose direction changes over time. Seriously? It was just hard to deduce from the name. If you are studying electrical engineering at FER, then you probably already know everything about it. It is a common opinion that it was our Nikola Tesla who invented it, but it would be more accurate to say that he was only its main popularizer in America. Conceptually, Michael Faraday wrote about her. The first alternating current generator was developed by Hippolyte Pixii as early as 1832, and in the 1870s there was a two-phase alternating current generator in Germany. But it's okay. We are aware that even after this article you will continue to say that it was Tesla who invented alternating current.

6. Abolition of serfdom in 1848 in Croatia and abolition of slavery in the Republic of Dubrovnik

The main square of the city of Zagreb was not called Ban Josip Jelačić Square in vain. Namely, it was he who in 1848 signed the proclamation on the abolition of serfdom in Croatia and thus became popular among the majority peasant populace. Every dacha, pressure and tithe of giving to the Church was abolished, which was obligatory until then, so that the peasants could finally breathe a sigh of relief and save a few coins. It is interesting to add that in the Republic of Dubrovnik the provision banning the slave trade was passed on January 27, 1416, more precisely 450 years before in the USA. The Republic of Dubrovnik has always been ahead of its time and an example of high civilization and culture.

7. Atomic Bombs

One of the most horrific events in recent history was the dropping of the first atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945. Namely, the war in Europe was already over, and Japan remained the only member of the Axis that refused to surrender. The United States proposed capitulation to the Japanese government, but it did not agree. Some officials persuaded US President Truman to drop an atomic bomb on an uninhabited area to show the Japanese how deadly it was, others asked him to drop the bomb without warning on any city. Everything else is history. First, a bomb sympathetically called Little boy was dropped on Hiroshima. The explosion and the resulting firestorm killed between 70 and 80 thousand people, and another 70 thousand as a result. The temperature on the ground near the center of the explosion reached up to 5,000 ° C. After two days, the same scenario was repeated in Nagasaki. There, 22,000 people died and 39,000 died from the effects of radiation. Japan subsequently capitulated unconditionally, and the effects of radiation are still being felt today.

8. Jeans

Jeans, pants, riffles, rebates, jeans, whatever you call them, are a favorite and indispensable part of the wardrobe of literally every person. At first, they were used as a work suit, and the clothing company Levis popularized them, so since 1950 they have been an absolute hit among young people. The forerunner of jeans were thick Indian cotton trousers that were dyed in indigo and sold to sailors as early as the 16th century.

9. Journey to the Moon

"That's one small step for man, a giant leap for mankind" , pronounced Neil Armstrong on July 20 1969, when for the first time with his crew of space mission Apollo 11 stepped on the moon. What makes us today more or less normal and not so fascinating, it happened only 48 years ago.Can you imagine what it will be like for another 50.It is interesting how the crew members had to be in a kind of quarantine because scientists were afraid to bring unknown parasites and pathogens from space, while today "We can hardly give any answer as to whether there is life in space. Was Neil Armstrong afraid he would encounter aliens and some strange creatures when he came out of the spacecraft? What was he thinking? How did he feel? I don't think we'll find out, though we'd love to."

10. Internet

The very term internet does not need to be explained. Its beginnings date back to the same year when man first landed on the moon, in 1969, when it was used by the US Department of Defense, and his goal was to connect a number of computers in the United States. It was then called Arpanet, and during the 1960s, during the Cold War, the U.S. Department of Defense feared that a nuclear attack might occur. Engineers have therefore designed it so that it works even if a bomb is dropped on a part of the established network. So even if part of the communication part is destroyed, the rest of the network should continue to function smoothly. That was the beginning of the internet as we know it today and thanks to that, you are reading this article today.