Music is auditory cheesecake, and exquisite confection to tickle the sensitive spots of at least six of our mental faculties. Compared with language, vision, social reasoning, and physical knowhow, music could vanish from our species and the rest of our lifestyle would be virtually unchanged. Music appears toContinue Reading
The Council of Nicaea: Emperor Constantine Used Christianity to Unify Church and State The Council of Nicaea (also known as the First Council of Nicaea) was the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church. This council, which was convened in 325 AD, was assembled by the Roman Emperor Constantine. AboutContinue Reading
Events January–June January – The Khmelnytsky Uprising in Ukraine, at this time part of the Republic of Both Nations (Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), begins. January 17 – England’s Long Parliament passes the Vote of No Addresses, breaking off negotiations with King Charles I, and thereby setting the scene for the second phaseContinue Reading
June 20, 1597: Dutch cartographer and explorer Willem Barentsz died at sea somewhere in the Arctic. He went on three expeditions to the far north in search for a Northeast passage, and during his third expedition, the crew was stranded on Nova Zembla for almost a year. They were theContinue Reading
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