Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1894 — HISTORICAL. [ARTICLE]

HISTORICAL.

435, The celebrated Theodosian code made the law of the empire. 468. The principle of trial by jury inaugurated. Every accused person to be tried only by his equals. 476. The Western Empire overthrown by Odoacer; Rome taken and pillaged. 533. The Justinian code made the universal law of the Eastern Empire. 568. The semicircular arch first used; in the building of churches. 644. A school founded at Cambridge; said to be the origin of the university. 716. The art of paper making invented by the Arabs in Spain. 786. Lawyers first allowed to speak in court for their client. 792. The Gregorian chants brought to perfection and established in the ritual of the church. 802. Arabian race horses introduced into Europe by tbe Moors. 828. The famous Cathedral of St, Mark’s, in Venice, built 872. Venetian clocks made and sent to all parts of Europe. 890. Schools founded at Oxford; origin of the present university. 939. Schools of medicine founded at Cordova, in Spain 941. The Arabian numerals brought to Europe and generally adopted in mercantile transaettenx.

1002. Paper first made from cotton rags; invention claimed by Moors and Germans. 1024. Musical scale and notes devised by Guido Aretlno. 1055. Laws passed in England forbidding men to sell their children. 1081. Doomsday book, a census of England, compiled by order of William the Conquror. 1095. The first crusade preached by Peter the Hermit 1120. Abelard’s writings; the scholastic philosophy reached comparative perfection.