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Science on the 28th of March in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
28 Mar 1709 Johann Friedrich Böttger	science	Johann Friedrich Böttger (technology) Johann Friedrich Böttger reports the first production of hard-paste porcelain in Europe, at Dresden.	0
28 Mar 1787 Claudius James Rich	science	birth Claudius James Rich Claudius James Rich (died 1821), British archaeologist and anthropologist.	0
28 Mar 1794 Marquis de Condorcet	science	death Marquis de Condorcet Marquis de Condorcet, mathematician (born 1743)	0
28 Mar 1802 H. W. Olbers	science	H. W. Olbers (astronomy) H. W. Olbers discovers the second asteroid Pallas.	0
28 Mar 1840 Emin Pasha	science	birth Emin Pasha Emin Pasha (died 1892), explorer.	0
28 Mar 1874 Peter Andreas Hansen	science	death Peter Andreas Hansen Peter Andreas Hansen (born 1795), astronomer	0
28 Mar 1877 Frederick Wolseley	science	Frederick Wolseley (technology) Frederick Wolseley is granted his first patent for a sheep shearing machine.	0
28 Mar 1882 Paul Carl Beiersdorf	science	Paul Carl Beiersdorf (medicine) Paul Carl Beiersdorf patents an adhesive bandage in Germany, the foundation of the Beiersdorf company.	0
28 Mar 1903 Emile Baudot	science	death Emile Baudot Emile Baudot (born 1845), telegraph engineer.	0
28 Mar 1910 Henri Fabre	science	Henri Fabre (technology) Henri Fabre makes the first flights in a seaplane, at Martigues, France.	0
28 Mar 1928 Alexander Grothendieck	science	birth Alexander Grothendieck Alexander Grothendieck (died 2014), German-born French mathematician, pioneer of modern algebraic geometry.	0
28 Mar 1943 Robert W. Paul	science	death Robert W. Paul Robert W. Paul (born 1869), English pioneer of cinematography.	0
28 Mar 1964 Epstein-Barr virus	science	Epstein-Barr virus (medicine) The Epstein-Barr virus is first described, by Anthony Epstein, Bert Achong and Yvonne Barr in London.	0

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