January 2017 – Page 5 – Ancient Pages – All About The Ancient World

On This Day In History: First Battle Of Reading Took Place – On Jan 4, 871 AD

AncientPages.com – On January 4, 871 AD, the Danes surprised the people of Wessex by arriving on horseback in a lightning raid that swiftly took the town of Reading. Left: Statue of Alfred the Great in Wantage, Oxfordshire; Credit: Steve Daniels – CC BY-SA 2.0; Right: The statue of Alfred the Great, in Trinity Church Square, Southwark. […]

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On This Day In History: Martin Luther Was Excommunicated From The Catholic Church – On Jan 3, 1521

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AncientPages.com – On January 3, 1521, Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Catholic Church. Using the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem, Pope Leo X cast Luther out of the Catholic Church. Luther at Erfurt, which depicts Martin Luther discovering the doctrine of sola fide (by faith alone). Painting by Joseph Noel Paton, 1861. Original hangs in the National Galleries

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On This Day In History: Isaac Asimov Creator Of Science Fiction Was Born – On Jan 2, 1920

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AncientPages.com – On January 2, 1920, Isaac Asimov, a science fiction creator, was born. He grew up in New York, but during his two decades in Boston, he achieved great success as a master of science fiction and a writer of popular science books. Background image: Isaac Asimov – Image credit: Natur & Kultur. Compiled by

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Portrait of the astronomer Giuseppe Piazziby Costanzo Angelini; Image credt: INAF - Public Domain

On This Day In History: Ceres Discovered By Giuseppe Piazzi – On Jan 1, 1801

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AncientPages.com – On January 1, 1801, Giuseppe Piazzi (1746-1846), a Catholic priest at the Academy of Palermo, Sicily, discovered a faint, distant object, correctly believing it to lie in the orbital region between Mars and Jupiter. Left: Portrait of the astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi by Costanzo Angelini; Image credit: INAF – Public Domain; Right: Ceres. source By

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