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List of solar eclipses in the Middle Ages | List of solar eclipses in the Middle Ages | ||
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It is said that Ho and Hi, the Drunk Astronomers failed to predict this eclipse. (story may be | It is said that Ho and Hi, the Drunk Astronomers failed to predict this eclipse. (story may be fictitious);;;;10.22.-2137;; | ||
Early Mesopotamian records;;;;05.03.-1375;; | Early Mesopotamian records;;;;05.03.-1375;; | ||
Known as [[Mursili's eclipse]], could provide an absolute [[chronology of the ancient Near East]];;;;06.24.-1312;; | Known as [[Mursili's eclipse]], could provide an absolute [[chronology of the ancient Near East]];;;;06.24.-1312;; | ||
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Allegedly predicted by [[Thales of Miletus|Thales]]\; occurred during the [[Battle of the Eclipse]].;;;;05.28.-585;; | Allegedly predicted by [[Thales of Miletus|Thales]]\; occurred during the [[Battle of the Eclipse]].;;;;05.28.-585;; | ||
The Siege of Larisa, firstly recorded by Xenophon;;;;05.19.-557;; | The Siege of Larisa, firstly recorded by Xenophon;;;;05.19.-557;; | ||
(Or October 2, | (Or October 2, 480 BC) Eclipse occurring prior to Xerxes' first march against Greece. The exact dating has been debated, as the writings of [[Herodotus]] (who chronicled the eclipse) gives a date for which there was no eclipse visible in that area of the world.;;;;02.17.-478;; | ||
(Or February 17, | (Or February 17, 478 BC) Eclipse occurring prior to Xerxes' first march against Greece. The exact dating has been debated, as the writings of [[Herodotus]] (who chronicled the eclipse) gives a date for which there was no eclipse visible in that area of the world.;;;;10.02.-480;; | ||
Recorded by [[Thucydides]]\; [[Pericles]] shows his Greek Army that the eclipse was not much more than a covering of the sun by something bigger than his cloak. | Recorded by [[Thucydides]]\; [[Pericles]] shows his Greek Army that the eclipse was not much more than a covering of the sun by something bigger than his cloak.;;;;08.03.-431;; | ||
8th year of the [[Peloponnesian War]].;;;;03.21.-424;; | 8th year of the [[Peloponnesian War]].;;;;03.21.-424;; | ||
Thought by astronomers to be the eclipse preceding the [[Christianization of Iberia]] by [[Mirian III of Iberia]].;;;;05.06.319;; | Thought by astronomers to be the eclipse preceding the [[Christianization of Iberia]] by [[Mirian III of Iberia]].;;;;05.06.319;; | ||