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Isle of Man Event (This page is in the
early stage of writing)
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900
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- Viking incursions and settlement in the Isle
of Man. How did the Vikings use astronomical observations to navigate
their way across the seas? More info.
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950
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1000
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1050
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- King Orry came to Mann in 1079, arriving on a
starry night. Those who met him asked him where he had come from. He
pointed to the Milky Way and said “Yonder is from whence I came, and from along
that star spangled dome is the way that leads to my kingdom”. Ever since that time, the Milky Way has
been called in Manx Gaelic Raad Mooar Ree Gorree, or “The
Great Way of King Orry”.
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1100
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1150
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1200
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1250
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1300
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- In 1310, the Three Legs Of Man makes its
first recorded appearance. The Three Legs have their origins in solar symbology,
and the legs chase the sun across the sky each day.
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1350
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1400
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- The Chronicles of the Kingdom of Mann and
the Isles (held in the British Museum), was probably written at Rushen Abbey.
Eclipses and bright comets are recorded within the “Chronicles”.
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1450
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1500
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1550
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1600
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1650
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1700
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- Bishop Wilson (1663-1755), Bishop of Sodor
and Man from 1697-1755, was a keen astronomer. He recorded many
astronomical events in his diaries at Bishop’s Court in the Isle of Man,
including the annular eclipse of the sun on Sunday, 18th
February 1736. More info.
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1750
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1800
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1850
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- Thomas Keig JP, FRAS, the first Mayor of
Douglas, was a founder member of the now defunct Manx Astronomical
Society. He was also a founder member in 1890 of the world renowned British
Astronomical Association. On 8th February, 1889, he was
elected a member of the prestigious Royal Astronomical Society. Much of his
observing was from a purpose built observatory on the roof of his
photographic shop on Prospect Hill, Douglas. More info.
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1900
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1950
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- In 1997, one of the four Galilean moons of
Jupiter, Europa, had one of its three largest craters named Manannan,
after the Celtic god of the sea of the same name. The “Man” in Isle of
Man is of course, a contraction from old of the name Manannan. The crater
in question, measures 22 km in diameter.
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2000
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2001
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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