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26 Dec 1624
![]() Simon Marius |
death Simon Marius Simon Marius, German astronomer (born 1573) |
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26 Dec 1636
![]() Justine Siegemund |
birth Justine Siegemund Justine Siegemund, German midwife (died 1705) |
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26 Dec 1742
![]() Ignaz von Born |
birth Ignaz von Born Ignaz von Born, Hungarian metallurgist (died 1791). |
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26 Dec 1756
![]() Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon |
birth Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, French naturalist (died 1825) |
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26 Dec 1766
![]() William Goforth |
birth William Goforth William Goforth, American physician and paleontologist (died 1817) |
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26 Dec 1780
![]() Mary Somerville |
birth Mary Somerville Mary Somerville, British scientific writer (died 1872). |
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26 Dec 1783
![]() Louis-Sébastien Lenormand |
Louis-Sébastien Lenormand (aviation) Louis-Sébastien Lenormand makes the first ever recorded public demonstration of a parachute descent by jumping from the tower of the Montpellier observatory in France using his rigid-framed model which he intends as a form of fire escape. |
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26 Dec 1791
![]() Charles Babbage |
birth Charles Babbage Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor of computing machines (died 1871) |
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26 Dec 1825
![]() Felix Hoppe-Seyler |
birth Felix Hoppe-Seyler Felix Hoppe-Seyler (died 1895), German physiologist. |
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26 Dec 1867
![]() John Bradfield |
birth John Bradfield John Bradfield (died 1943), Australian civil engineer. |
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26 Dec 1886
![]() Theodor von Oppolzer |
death Theodor von Oppolzer Theodor von Oppolzer, Austrian astronomer (born 1841) |
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26 Dec 1890
![]() Heinrich Schliemann |
death Heinrich Schliemann Heinrich Schliemann (born 1822), German archaeologist. |
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26 Dec 1898
![]() Marie |
Marie (chemistry) Marie and Pierre Curie announce discovery of a substance they call radium. It is the only moment where 5 elements are discovered the same year. |
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26 Dec 1918
![]() William Hampton Patton |
death William Hampton Patton William Hampton Patton (born 1853), entomologist. |
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26 Dec 1997
![]() Cahit Arf |
death Cahit Arf Cahit Arf (b. 1910), Turkish mathematician. |
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26 Dec 2004
![]() Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami |
Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami (earth sciences) Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. |
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26 Dec 2004
![]() Frank Pantridge |
death Frank Pantridge Frank Pantridge (b. 1916), cardiologist. |