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19 Feb 1526
Carolus Clusius |
birth Carolus Clusius Carolus Clusius, Flemish botanist (died 1609) |
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19 Feb 1553
Erasmus Reinhold |
death Erasmus Reinhold Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1511) |
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19 Feb 1600
Peruvian |
Peruvian (earth sciences) The Peruvian volcano Huaynaputina erupts catastrophically. This is the largest known volcanic explosion in South America and triggers severe global climatic events including the Russian famine of 1601–1603. |
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19 Feb 1622
Henry Savile |
death Henry Savile Sir Henry Savile, English polymath and benefactor (born 1549) |
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19 Feb 1660
Friedrich Hoffmann |
birth Friedrich Hoffmann Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (died 1742) |
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19 Feb 1733
Daniel Solander |
birth Daniel Solander Daniel Solander, Swedish botanist (died 1782) |
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19 Feb 1767
François Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix |
death François Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix François Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix, French physician and botanist (born 1706) |
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19 Feb 1787
First light |
First light (astronomy) First light for William Herschel's 40-foot telescope under construction at Observatory House, Slough, England. |
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19 Feb 1799
Jean-Charles de Borda |
death Jean-Charles de Borda Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician and physicist (born 1733) |
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19 Feb 1819
William Smith |
William Smith (exploration) Captain William Smith in British merchant brig Williams sights Williams Point, the northeast extremity of Livingston Island in the South Shetlands, the first land discovered south of latitude 60° S. |
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19 Feb 1828
Boston Society for Medical Improvement |
Boston Society for Medical Improvement (medicine) The Boston Society for Medical Improvement is established in the United States. |
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19 Feb 1837
Georg Büchner |
death Georg Büchner Georg Büchner (born 1813), German-born writer and anatomist (typhus). |
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19 Feb 1859
Svante Arrhenius |
birth Svante Arrhenius Svante Arrhenius (died 1927), Swedish winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. |
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19 Feb 1874
Carl Ernst Bock |
death Carl Ernst Bock Carl Ernst Bock (born 1809), physician and anatomist |
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19 Feb 1878
phonograph |
phonograph (technology) The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison. The oldest known audio recording is recovered from this device in 2012. |
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19 Feb 1897
Karl Weierstrass |
death Karl Weierstrass Karl Weierstrass (born 1815), German mathematician. |
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19 Feb 1916
Ernst Mach |
death Ernst Mach Ernst Mach (born 1838), Austrian-born physicist. |
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19 Feb 1919
Frederick DuCane Godman |
death Frederick DuCane Godman Frederick DuCane Godman (born 1834), lepidopterist, entomologist and ornithologist. |
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19 Feb 1949
Danielle Bunten Berry |
birth Danielle Bunten Berry Danielle Bunten Berry, born Dan(iel Paul) Bunten (died 1998), American software developer. |
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19 Feb 1955
Mendelevium |
Mendelevium (chemistry) Mendelevium (atomic number 101) is first synthesized by Albert Ghiorso, Glenn T. Seaborg, Gregory R. Choppin, Bernard G. Harvey, and Stanley G. Thompson (team leader) at the University of California, Berkeley. |
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19 Feb 1962
Penumbral lunar eclipse |
Penumbral lunar eclipse (astronomy and space ) Penumbral lunar eclipse. |
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19 Feb 1962
Georgios Papanikolaou |
death Georgios Papanikolaou Georgios Papanikolaou (born 1883), Greek American inventor of the Pap smear. |
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19 Feb 1985
Artificial heart |
Artificial heart (medicine) Artificial heart patient William J. Schroeder becomes the first such patient to leave hospital. |
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19 Feb 1986
Soviet Union |
Soviet Union (astronomy and space ) The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station. |
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19 Feb 1998
RNA interference |
RNA interference (physiology and medic) RNA interference first elucidated in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. |
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19 Feb 2002
NASA |
NASA (astronomy and space ) NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system. |
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