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* Alexander Neckam becomes a lecturer in Paris, and writes De Natura Rerum, an early mention of chess ( approximate date ).
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* Alexander Neckam is the first European to document the mariner's compass, first documented by Shen Kuo during the previous century.
Another version of Romulus in Latin elegiacs was made by Alexander Neckam, born at St Albans in 1157.
Promythia and epimythia ( introductions and morals ), paraphrases, and imitations were frequent, such as the Novus Avianus of Alexander Neckam ( 12th century ).
Another version of Romulus in Latin elegiacs was made by Alexander Neckam, born at St Albans in 1157.
A very large number both of couplets and longer passages are borrowed from other writers, often from Ovid or a medieval writer, such as Alexander Neckam, Peter de Riga, Godfrey of Viterbo, or the author of Speculum Stultorum.
In his Dream Pool Essays (; Mengxi Bitan ) of 1088, Shen was the first to describe the magnetic needle compass, which would be used for navigation ( first described in Europe by Alexander Neckam in 1187 ).
By the 1100s the School had built for itself such a reputation that the famous Norman scholars Geoffrey de Gorham and Alexander Neckam applied for the post of Master.
The school also has a long scientific tradition, stretching back to the Norman era, when Alexander Neckam became master of the school.
* Alexander Neckam ( 1157 – 1217 ), scientist and teacher ( became Master of the school in later life )
Alexander and becomes
* 1878 – Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
) – Alexander Kerensky becomes premier of the Russian Provisional Government, replacing Prince Georgy Lvov.
** Reserve Constable Albert Alexander, a patient at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, becomes the first person treated with penicillin intravenously, by Howard Florey's team.
* Salome Alexandra becomes queen of Judea, after the death of her husband, Alexander Jannaeus, until 67 BC.
* Hyrcanus II becomes high priest of Jerusalem for first time, on the death of his father, Alexander Jannaeus, until 66 BC.
The Roman Senate, along with Attalus II Philadelphus of Pergamum and Ptolemy VI Philometor of Egypt, support Alexander Balas and he becomes the ruler of the Seleucid Empire.
Alexander founds two cities there, Alexandria on the Indus or Alexandria Nicaea ( to celebrate his victory ) and Alexandria Bucephalous or Bucephala ( named after his horse Bucephalus, which dies there ); and Porus becomes his ally.
Under the agreement, Antipater becomes the regent of the Macedonian Empire on behalf of the two kings: the intellectually retarded Philip III Arrhidaeus and the infant Alexander IV of Macedon while Ptolemy is confirmed in possession of Egypt and Cyrene.
* Alexander I becomes king of Epirus after his brother-in-law Philip II of Macedon dethrones Alexander's cousin Arymbas.
* Amyntas III, a great grandson of Alexander I, becomes king of Macedonia following the disorders that have plagued the country following the death of the powerful King Archelaus I in 399 BC.
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