A Little GG Fun, History Lesson!

[jslick_007]

600

- The population of the Earth rises to about 208 million people.
- Smallpox arrives in Europe for the first time.
- King Ingvar of Sweden invades Estonia but is killed by the locals.
- The Persians begin to use windmills for irrigation.
- Loma Caldera in El Salvador erupts, burying the Maya village of Joya de Cerén.
- Nazca and Moche culture ends in the Andes.
- The moldboard plow is invented in eastern Europe.
- The earliest references to chess are found in the Persian work Karnamak-i-Artakhshatr-i-Papakan, and the Indian works of Subandhu's Vasavadatta and Banabhatta's Harsha Charitha.
- Pope Gregory I codifies what comes to be known as Gregorian chant.
- Construction on the monastery of St. Catherine is begun on Mount Sinai.
- Irish missionaries preach in Scotland and Germany.
- Chinese-influenced sculptures of Buddha begin to be created in Japan.
- Sumatra, Java, and the surrounding islands are converted to Buddhism.
- Augustine of Canterbury converts Ethelbert of Kent to Christianity (approximate date).
- Nubian rulers become Christian (approximate date).

 

[FunkyVapes]

"King Ingvar of Sweden invades Estonia but is killed by the locals"

haha, that sucks big time.

 

[mikeK]

1340

Year 1340 (MCCCXL) was a leap year starting on Saturday
Europe has about 74 million inhabitants.

- January 26 – King Edward III of England is declared King of France.
- June 7 – Rotterdam is officially declared a city.
- June 24 – The Battle of Sluys is fought between the naval fleets of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France. - -- The former is under the command of Edward III of England and the latter under that of Admiral Hugues Quiéret and treasurer Nicholas Béhuchet assisted by Genoese mercenary galleys under Egidio Bocanegra. The French fleet is virtually destroyed and both commanders are killed.
- October 30 – Spain: At the Battle of Salado, the kings of Castile and Portugal defeat the Nasrid ruler of Granada and his Moroccan allies.

 

[FunkyVapes]

1340

Year 1340 (MCCCXL) was a leap year starting on Saturday
Europe has about 74 million inhabitants.

- January 26 – King Edward III of England is declared King of France.
- June 7 – Rotterdam is officially declared a city.
- June 24 – The Battle of Sluys is fought between the naval fleets of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France. - -- The former is under the command of Edward III of England and the latter under that of Admiral Hugues Quiéret and treasurer Nicholas Béhuchet assisted by Genoese mercenary galleys under Egidio Bocanegra. The French fleet is virtually destroyed and both commanders are killed.
- October 30 – Spain: At the Battle of Salado, the kings of Castile and Portugal defeat the Nasrid ruler of Granada and his Moroccan allies.

Ah, Rotterdam. I met the hottest girls as soon as we got off the train and they bought us delicious french fries with thick yellow mayonaise. Best way to start a Eurotrip.