The Venerable Bede died this day in the year 735. The Northumbrian monk
and "Father of English History" wrote several works on chronology and
time-reckoning, first popularizing "Anno Domini" as a method of giving
dates (rather than in reference to the reign of a given emperor or
king).
Bede's calculation that the world was created in 3952 BC
led others to forecast its end for exactly 6000 years following. Bede
also reported in his histories on popular beliefs that the second coming
would occur around the year 700.
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