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2137 BC , October 22 - Chinese book Classic Of History ; records the earliest known Solar Eclipse on October 22 .

ca. 2000 BC - Chinese determine that Jupiter needs 12 years to complete one revolution of its orbit.

ca. 1400 BC - Chinese record the regularity of solar and Lunar Eclipse s and the earliest known Solar Prominence and two Nova s (七日己巳夕有新大星并火,辛未酉殳新星).

ca. 1200 BC - Chinese divide the sky into twenty eight regions( Chinese Constellation ); for recognitions of the stars.

ca. 1100 BC - Chinese first determine the Spring Equinox .

776 BC - Chinese make the earliest reliable record of Solar Eclipse .

613 BC , July - A Comet , possibly Comet Halley , record in Spring And Autumn Annals (秋七月，有星孛入于北斗).

532 BC - A Nova was recorded in Records Of The Grand Historian and Zuo Zhuan (周景王十三年春有星出婺女).

28 BC - Chinese history book Book Of Han makes earliest known record of Sunspot .

687 - Chinese make earliest known record of Meteor Shower .

1054 - On July 4 th, Chinese astronomers noted the appearance of a ''guest star'', the Supernova now called the Crab Nebula , Messier's M1.