1066 ⟶ Granada Massacre: Jewish Community Slaughtered

the Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and many others are ki...
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🔭 Al-Zarqālī Constructs Equatorium and Universal Astrolabe

1087 – Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (Arzachel) builds the equatorium and universal latitude-independent astrolabe.⟶
Al-Zarqālī Constructs Equatorium and Universal Astrolabe (1028)
AstronomyAstrolabeIslamic Golden AgeScientific InstrumentsMathematicsAl-Andalus
SpainSpain

🔭 Al-Zarqālī's Discovery of Solar Apsidal Precession

al-Zarqālī in Islamic Spain discovers the apsidal precession of the Sun.⟶
Al-Zarqālī's Discovery of Solar Apsidal Precession (1058)
AstronomyIslamic Golden AgeMathematicsAl-AndalusMiddle AgesAstrology
SpainSpain

⚔️ Granada Massacre: Jewish Community Slaughtered

the Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and many others are killed in the 1066 Granada massacre.⟶
Granada Massacre: Jewish Community Slaughtered (1066)
Religious ViolencePersecutionAntisemitismJudaismAl-AndalusMassacre
SpainSpain

💀 Seville Ravaged by the Great Plague

1652: The Great Plague of Seville.⟶
Seville Ravaged by the Great Plague (1647)
PlagueEpidemicDiseaseMortalityPublic Health
SpainSpain

🛕 Luxor Massacre at Temple of Hatshepsut

November 17: 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor, Egypt.⟶
Luxor Massacre at Temple of Hatshepsut (1997)
TerrorismReligious ViolenceTourismMassacre
EgyptEgypt

💥 Madrid Train Bombings

March 11: Madrid train bombings killed 193 people and injured around 2,000, Europe's deadliest attack since Pan Am Flight 103.⟶
Madrid Train Bombings (2004)
TerrorismIslamismAl-QaedaBombingCivilian CasualtiesEuropean UnionPolitical Violence
SpainSpain