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Encyclopedia > Timeline of magic

2700BC - The first known performance of a conjuring effect (cups and balls) by the magician Dedi in ancient Egypt Magician redirects here. ... The cups and balls trick is an old magic effect that has spawned a variety of adaptations. ...


100AD - The Acetabularii performed the Cups and balls in ancient Rome using stones and small vinegar cups (hence the name Acetabularii) The cups and balls trick is an old magic effect that has spawned a variety of adaptations. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1...


1584 - Reginald Scott publishes The Discoverie of Witchcraft (sic) a book designed in part to counter the activities of persecutionists, but at the same time it revealed many conjuring secrets of the day. Reginald Scott (circa 1538 - 1599) was the English author of A Discovery of Witchcraft, published 1584. ... Magician redirects here. ...


1805 - Year of birth of Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin (d. 1871). The father of modern magic. Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, (December 6, 1805 - 1871) was a French magician, born in Blois, France, where he also died. ...


1874 - Year of birth of Harry Houdini (d. 1926). Real name Ehrich Weiss, he achieved fame as an escapologist. Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was the stage name of Ehrich Weiss (born Weisz Erik in the native Hungarian), one of the most famous magicians, escapologists, and stunt performers of all time as well as an investigator of spiritualists. ...


1894 - Year of birth of Dai Vernon (d. 1992). Aka as The Professor and The Man That Fooled Houdini, he was born as David Frederick Wingfield Verner in Ottawa. The most influential 20th C magician. Dai Vernon (born David Frederick Wingfield Verner June 11, 1894 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - died 1992 in Hollywood, California) was a Canadian magician. ...


1997 - The Masked_magician , Valentino, provokes much controversy by exposing magic secrets on major Fox TV specials. The Masked magician was a man hired by Fox television to expose many stage illusions to the public simply to boost ratings. ...

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History of magic | Timeline of magic | List of conjuring terms Harry Houdini one of the greatest names in magic history. ... Ambitious Card Routine (ACR) - Card effect where a chosen card keeps on returning to the top of the pack. ...


List of magicians | List of magic tricks | List of magic clubs | List of magic venues This is a list of magicians, illusionists, escapologists, and other practitioners of stage magic. ... This is a list of magic tricks. ... The British Magic Circle The Magic Club of Vienna ... This is a list of places where professional magicians perform. ...


Exposure of magic tricks | Intellectual rights to magic methods Exposure in magic refers to the practice of making magical methods (the secrets of how magic tricks are performed) available to those who are not magicians (usually defined as those who have not demonstrated some commitment to magic as a performance art, but occasionally further refined to those who are... Several forms of Intellectual property protect magic methods. ...


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