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Events 1400s – Whiskey first consumend in Ireland

Whiskey first consumend in Ireland  Events The Mississippian culture starts to decline. The first record is written of whiskey being consumed in Ireland, where it is distilled by Catholic monks. Europe is reported to have around 52 million inhabitants. The House of Medici becomes powerful in Florence. The Great Comet of 1402 is first observed by people living in the Northern Hemisphere of Earth. The comet, visible for eight days even in daylight, makes its closest approach to Earth on February 20. It is last seen on March 27. 1402: The settlement of the Canary Islands signals the beginning of the Spanish Empire. 1403: The Yongle Emperor moves the capital of China from Nanjing to Beijing. Construction […]

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1405 Chinese admiral Zheng He’s voyages start

In 1405 a Chinese admiral, Zheng He, set sail with an enormous fleet of ships carrying more than 27,000 people. This was the first of seven voyages of discovery which took Zheng and his ships all over the known world, from India to the Gulf of Persia and as far as East Africa. They took Chinese goods, evidence of the might of the Ming Empire, to the people they visited; and they also returned to China with treasure from the places they visited, and exotic items including a live giraffe. These seven voyages were an expression of the might of […]

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