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21 May 1502
Portuguese |
Portuguese (exploration) Portuguese navigator João da Nova discovers the uninhabited island of Saint Helena. |
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21 May 1619
Hieronymus Fabricius |
death Hieronymus Fabricius Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist and embryologist (born 1537) |
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21 May 1670
Niccolò Zucchi |
death Niccolò Zucchi Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (born 1586) |
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21 May 1715
Pierre Magnol |
death Pierre Magnol Pierre Magnol, French botanist (born 1638) |
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21 May 1786
Carl Wilhelm Scheele |
death Carl Wilhelm Scheele Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish chemist (born 1742) |
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21 May 1792
Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis |
birth Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French mathematician, discoverer of the Coriolis effect (died 1843) |
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21 May 1799
Mary Anning |
birth Mary Anning Mary Anning, English paleontologist (died 1847) |
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21 May 1888
Friedrich Gerke |
death Friedrich Gerke Friedrich Gerke (born 1801), pioneer of telegraphy. |
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21 May 1911
Williamina Fleming |
death Williamina Fleming Williamina Fleming (born 1857), American astronomer. |
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21 May 1928
Hideyo Noguchi |
death Hideyo Noguchi Hideyo Noguchi (born 1876), bacteriologist. |
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