BC about the death of Caesar. But I think in his notice under 733, the above eclipse is alluded to, " A year after the Arabs had been driven back beyond the Pyrenees as the result of the battle of Tours, the Sun was darkened on the 19th of August in a... Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society - Page 380by Royal Astronomical Society - 1873Full view - About this book
| 1853 - 434 pages
...there drowned, and some came on shore alive, and they were soon slain at the river's mouth. AD 795. 'This year the moon was eclipsed, between cock-crowing and dawn, on the 5th of the kalends of April [28th March] ; and Eardwulf succeeded to the kingdom of the North-humbrians,... | |
| Anglo-Saxon chronicle - 1853 - 448 pages
...ministers which were appointed in Wihtgar's days, and in other kings' days, and thus sayeth:— AD 795. 'This year the moon was eclipsed, between cock-crowing and dawn, on the 5th of the kalends of April [28th March] ; and Eardwulf succeeded to the kingdom of the North-humbrians,... | |
| Benjamin Thorpe - 1861 - 352 pages
...came to shore alive, and they were 102, ion. forthwith slain at the mouth of the river. An. DCC.XCV. In this year the moon was eclipsed between cock-crowing and dawn, on the vth of the Kal. of April (Mar. 28th) ; and Eardwulf succeeded to the kingdom of the Northumbrians, on the nnd of the Ides of... | |
| Royal Astronomical Society - 1873 - 672 pages
...battle of Tours, the Sun was darkened on the 19th of August in a terrifying manner." — Schnurrer, Chron., Th. 1, S. 164. This must be the first annular...the morning of the latter date, one began about 4*, and the Mooo would set during the total phase. 802. " In this year the Moon was eclipsed at dawn on... | |
| Royal Astronomical Society - 1873 - 672 pages
...the Sun was darkened on the i gth of August in a terrifying manner." — Schnurrer, Chron., Th. I, S. 164. This must be the first annular eclipse in...on the morning of the latter date, one began about 4h, and the Moon would set during the total phase. 802. " In this year the Moon was eclipsed at dawn... | |
| Samuel Jenkins Johnson - 1874 - 212 pages
...sun, seen at Constantinople in the time of Constantine VI., emperor of the East. AD 796, March 28. " In this year the moon was eclipsed between cock-crowing and dawn, on the 5th of the calends of April ; and Erdwulf succeeded to the kingdom of the Northumbrians on the 2nd... | |
| George Frederick Chambers - 1902 - 222 pages
...says: —" In this year the Moon was eclipsed between cockcrowing and dawn on the 5th of the Calends of April; and Eardwulf succeeded to the kingdom of the Northumbrians on the 2nd of the Ides of May." This signifies that the eclipse happened on March 28 between 3)1. and 6h.... | |
| Charles Augustus Hanna - 1902 - 648 pages
...drowned, and some came to shore alive, and they were forthwith slain at the river's mouth. A. 795. This year the moon was eclipsed between cock-crowing and dawn, on the 5th of the Kalends of April ; and Eardwulf succeeded to the kingdom of the Northumbrians on the 2d... | |
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