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16 Apr 1660
Hans Sloane |
birth Hans Sloane Hans Sloane, Ulster Scots-born collector and physician (died 1753) |
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16 Apr 1682
John Hadley |
birth John Hadley John Hadley, English mathematician (died 1744) |
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16 Apr 1705
Isaac Newton |
Isaac Newton (other s) Isaac Newton is knighted by Anne, Queen of Great Britain. |
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16 Apr 1728
Joseph Black |
birth Joseph Black Joseph Black, Scottish physicist and chemist (died 1799) |
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16 Apr 1783
Christian Mayer |
death Christian Mayer Christian Mayer, Moravian astronomer (born 1719) |
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16 Apr 1788
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon |
death Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist (born 1707) |
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16 Apr 1820
Victor Alexandre Puiseux |
birth Victor Alexandre Puiseux Victor Alexandre Puiseux (died 1883), mathematician. |
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16 Apr 1838
Ernest Solvay |
birth Ernest Solvay Ernest Solvay, (died 1922) chemist. |
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16 Apr 1841
Loring Coes |
Loring Coes (technology) Loring Coes patents the screw type wrench commonly known as the monkey wrench in the United States. |
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16 Apr 1848
Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Joseph Dalton Hooker (botany) Joseph Dalton Hooker arrives at Darjeeling to begin the first European plant collecting expedition in the Himalayas. |
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16 Apr 1867
Wilbur Wright |
birth Wilbur Wright Wilbur Wright (died 1912), American pioneer aviator. |
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16 Apr 1871
Johann Ritter von Oppolzer |
death Johann Ritter von Oppolzer Johann Ritter von Oppolzer (born 1808), Austrian physician. |
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16 Apr 1878
Owen Thomas Jones |
birth Owen Thomas Jones Owen Thomas Jones, Welsh geologist (died 1967) |
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16 Apr 1879
Peter Kozler |
death Peter Kozler Peter Kozler (born 1824), geographer and cartographer. |
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16 Apr 1901
Henry Augustus Rowland |
death Henry Augustus Rowland Henry Augustus Rowland (born 1848), American physicist. |
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16 Apr 1914
George William Hill |
death George William Hill George William Hill (born 1838), American astronomer. |
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16 Apr 1929
Ralph Slatyer |
birth Ralph Slatyer Ralph Slatyer (died 2012), Australian ecologist, and the first Chief Scientist of Australia. |
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16 Apr 1956
David M. Brown |
birth David M. Brown David M. Brown (died 2003), American astronaut. |
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16 Apr 1958
Rosalind Franklin |
death Rosalind Franklin Rosalind Franklin (born 1920), English crystallographer |
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16 Apr 1972
Apollo 16 |
Apollo 16 (astronomy and space ) Apollo 16 launched. |
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