26 Years 1983: The Pope rehabilitates Galileo Galilei - AIDS becomes a world wide issue -
Korean Airliner
shot down overhead Sachalin
390 Years Early 17th Century: Thirty Years' War in Europe - The Opera becomes popular as an art form
- The Catholic Church puts Galileo Galilei on trial
440 Years Late 16th Century: Reformation and Peace of Augsburg - Kopernikus and his heliocentric Universe -
Gregorian Calendar Reform - Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre - Witch trials at their peak in Europe
1350 Years 7th Century: Year 0 of the Islamic Calendar - The Pope resides in Constantinople -
Money bills invented in China
31,000,000 Years Oligocene: Formation of the Alps and the Rocky Mountains - South America becomes isolated -
Mammals gain ground, but the first hominids arrive 28 million years later
46,000,000 Years Eocene: Periods of relatively high global temperatures - Laurasia begins to break up
Note: Distance measurements on an astronomical scale, which go well past the Solar System and the immediate neighbourhood of the sun, are in many cases possible with astounding accuracy, but sometimes - also depending on the type of object - controversial.
Different sources may publish different values, but on a bigger scale, there is widespread agreement about the distances of most objects.
