Historical events dated from 1217 BC to 530 BC

1217 BC. Chinese astronomers make the first recording of an eclipse of the Sun

763 BC. Assyrian archivists record and eclipse of the Sun on 15 June 763 BC

747 BC. A continuous record of solar eclipses is begun in Mesopotamia

585 BC. Greek philosopher, Thales of Miletus correctly predicts the eclipse of the Sun on 28 May

585 BC. He also proposes that water is the material constituent of all things

530 BC. Greek mathematician and philosopher, Pythagoras, born on the island of Samos, proposes the notion of spherical Earth. He also supposed that concentric transparent, crystalline spheres carry the Sun, Moon, planets and stars in perfect circles, rotating at constant speed around the centrally placed, unmoving Earth. As quoted by Aristotle in his Metaphysics, Pythagoras said, “there is music in the spacing of the spheres.”

Source is: A Companion to Astronomy and Astrophysics, Chronology and Glossary with Data Tables, Kenneth R Lang, Springer 2006, Singapore.