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This is a list of selected solar eclipses from antiquity, in particular those with historical significance. Eclipses on this list were not only recorded, but sometimes would have large effects such as ending a war.
Eclipses have been occurring on Earth since long before humans walked the planet. Throughout time, humans have had different interpretations of and reactions to these striking celestial events. The oldest recorded eclipse in human history may have been on Nov. 30, 3340 B.C.E.
2 kwi 2024 · The first famous total solar eclipse after the year 1000 was on Aug. 2, 1133. Visible in Scotland, totality was nearly 4½ minutes in length.
For centuries, solar eclipses have captured the imagination of people and cultures around the world. Even though most believed that solar eclipses brought death and destruction, many scholars have tried their best to understand and predict them.
12 gru 2011 · "First astronomical photograph of a total eclipse: a daguerreotype by Berkowski at Kšnigsberg, Prussia" "Robert Grant and William Swan (United Kingdom) and Karl Ludwig von Littrow (Austria) determine that prominences are part of the Sun because the Moon is seen to cover and uncover them as it moves in front of the Sun"
7 sty 2012 · Detailed maps of all annular, total and hybrid eclipses during the 1st century CE can be found at the World Atlas of Solar Eclipse Paths. The maps are broken down into 20 year intervals and may be accessed through the links below.
5 lip 2017 · But in the mid-19th century, an early form of photography known as daguerreotype enabled Johann Julius Friedrich Berkowski to create the first photographic record of a solar eclipse, on July 28,...
