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11 February
Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming of age clears the way for Nero to become Emperor. * 951 – Guo Wei, a court official, leads a military coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou. *1534 – Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England. *1584 – A naval expedition led by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa founds Nombre de Jesús, the first of two short-lived Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan. *1586 – Sir Francis Drake with an English force captures and occupies the Spanish colonial port of Cartagena de Indias for two months, obtaining a ransom and booty. 1601–1900 *1659 – The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses. *1794 – First session of United States Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
660 BC
The year 660 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 94 '' Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 660 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events * Extreme solar particle event comparable with the event detected at AD 774/ 775 * February 11 - The accession date of the first Emperor of Japan, Emperor Jimmu, converted from the Japanese imperial year as calculated by the dates in the '' Nihon Shoki.'' Births Deaths * Duke Cheng of Qin Duke Cheng of Qin (, died 660 BC) was from 663 to 660 BC the thirteenth ruler of the Zhou Dynasty state of Qin that eventually united China to become the Qin Dynasty. His ancestral name was Ying (), and Duke Cheng was his posthumous title. Duke ..., ruler of the state of Qin References {{BC-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |