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Science on the 12th of February in history

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Date	Type	Text
12 Feb 1637 Jan Swammerdam	science	birth Jan Swammerdam Jan Swammerdam, Dutch naturalist, pioneer of comparative anatomy and entomology (died 1680)	0
12 Feb 1777 Bernard Courtois	science	birth Bernard Courtois Bernard Courtois, chemist (died 1838)	0
12 Feb 1799 Lazzaro Spallanzani	science	death Lazzaro Spallanzani Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian physiologist (born 1729)	0
12 Feb 1800 John Edward Gray	science	birth John Edward Gray John Edward Gray, English taxonomist (died 1875)	0
12 Feb 1804 Heinrich Lenz	science	birth Heinrich Lenz Heinrich Lenz, physicist (died 1865)	0
12 Feb 1809 Charles Darwin	science	birth Charles Darwin Charles Darwin (died 1882), naturalist.	0
12 Feb 1812 Napoleon	science	Napoleon (mathematics, statist) Napoleon authorises the usage of Mesures usuelles, the basis of the Metric System.	0
12 Feb 1832 England	science	England (medicine) In England, a second cholera pandemic begins to spread, starting from the East End of London. It is declared officially over in early May but deaths continue. It will claim at least 3000 victims. In Liverpool, Kitty Wilkinson becomes the "Saint of the Slums" by promoting hygiene.	0
12 Feb 1912 Osborne Reynolds	science	death Osborne Reynolds Osborne Reynolds (born 1842), British physicist.	0
12 Feb 1916 Richard Dedekind	science	death Richard Dedekind Richard Dedekind (born 1831), German mathematician.	0
12 Feb 1941 Albert Alexander	science	Albert Alexander (medicine) Reserve Constable Albert Alexander, a patient at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, becomes the first person treated with penicillin intravenously, by Howard Florey’s team. He reacts positively but there is insufficient supply of the drug to reverse his terminal infection. A successful treatment is achieved during May.	0
12 Feb 1947 Sikhote-Alin meteorite	science	Sikhote-Alin meteorite (astronomy and space ) Sikhote-Alin meteorite falls to earth in Siberia, the largest iron meteorite known to have impacted.	0
12 Feb 2004 Arden Bement	science	Arden Bement (appointments) Arden Bement, acting director of the U.S.A's National Science Foundation.	0
12 Feb 2005 ESA	science	ESA (space exploration) ESA successfully launch an Ariane 5 ECA carrying three satellites. The previous attempt to launch the new design of rocket, in December 2002, failed when the rocket deviated from its course minutes into the flight.	0

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