Dates That Made History

[Meclazine for Israel]

I have been watching this series. Incredible detail and graphics.

Dates That Made History

"Driven by historian Patrick Boucheron, history comes to life under our eyes with bold and entertaining graphics."

https://iview.abc.net.au/show/dates-that-made-history/series/1

Episode 1 - 323BC
Death of Alexander the Great

Episode 2 - 33AD
Crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Episode 3 - 79AD
Destruction of Pompeii

Episode 4 - 622
The Hegira

Episode 5 - 1347
The Black Death

Episode 6 - 1431
Fall of the Angkor Empire

Episode 7 - 1492
The New World

Episode 8 - 1789
The Birth of the French Republic

Episode 9 - 1945
Hiroshima

Episode 10 - 1990
Liberation of Nelson Mandella

[YPestis25]

Looks interesting and may check it out, though as far as world changing dates, I think Pompeii is a misplaced addition to this list.

[Kingpoleon]

I thought 36 AD was the more accepted year for the crucifixion.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Looks interesting and may check it out, though as far as world changing dates, I think Pompeii is a misplaced addition to this list.

Sort-of like the sinking of the RMS Titanic in the sense that it is more famous than significant.

[Meclazine for Israel]

I thought 36 AD was the more accepted year for the crucifixion.

No, it actually narrows it down to 30 or 33. I cannot remember why 36 was removed, but they detail why.

The only odd thing I noted was that a church that was built on the crucifixion site is half owned by Eastern Orthodox and half owned by other Roman Christians, sits in Jewish territory and Mohammed visited nearby and built a Mosque.

The suggestion being that these contradictions are why Christianity and Judaism are the most talked about religions.

The measurement of time and dates was more interesting:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysius_Exiguus

"Dionysius is best known as the inventor of Anno Domini (AD) dating, which is used to number the years of both the Gregorian calendar and the (Christianised) Julian calendar. Almost all churches adopted his computus for the dates of Easter."

He accidentally defined the calendar we know today because he wanted a more accurate definition of Easter.

[Kingpoleon]

No, it actually narrows it down to 30 or 33. I cannot remember why 36 was removed, but they detail why.

Apparently, in the year 36 Passover was not on a Friday; John says the Temple was in its 46th year of construction; and John began baptizing people in the fifteenth year of Tiberius.

[lfromnj]

Looks interesting and may check it out, though as far as world changing dates, I think Pompeii is a misplaced addition to this list.

Sort-of like the sinking of the RMS Titanic in the sense that it is more famous than significant.

Well Pompeii's main significance was preserving so much of a Roman town.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Looks interesting and may check it out, though as far as world changing dates, I think Pompeii is a misplaced addition to this list.

Sort-of like the sinking of the RMS Titanic in the sense that it is more famous than significant.

Well Pompeii's main significance was preserving so much of a Roman town.

And much like Titanic was not an ordinary ship, Pompeii was not an ordinary town —it was basically an ancient Roman tourist trap. Still of enormous archeological value of course.

[Calthrina950]

Looks interesting and may check it out, though as far as world changing dates, I think Pompeii is a misplaced addition to this list.

Sort-of like the sinking of the RMS Titanic in the sense that it is more famous than significant.

I think the Titanic is remembered out of nostalgia, as exemplifying the cultural and social mores of the late Edwardian period before they were completely disrupted by World War I. And of course, it is also remembered because of the unique tragedy it was.