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In A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court the protagonist knows that “the only eclipse of the sun in the first half of the sixth century occurred on the June 21st, 528” Is this at all reasonable? How much did anyone in the 19th century know about 6th century solar eclipses?

by /u/wigsternm in /r/AskHistorians

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