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Science on the 23rd of May in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
23 May 1541 French	science	French (exploration) French explorer Jacques Cartier departs from Saint-Malo on his third voyage.	0
23 May 1707 Carolus Linnaeus	science	birth Carolus Linnaeus Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist (died 1778)	0
23 May 1718 William Hunter	science	birth William Hunter William Hunter, Scottish anatomist (died 1783)	0
23 May 1725 Robert Bakewell	science	birth Robert Bakewell Robert Bakewell, English agriculturalist and geneticist (died 1795)	0
23 May 1734 Franz Mesmer	science	birth Franz Mesmer Franz Mesmer, German physician (died 1815)	0
23 May 1790 Jules Dumont d'Urville	science	birth Jules Dumont d'Urville Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (died 1842)	0
23 May 1822 Deptford Dockyard	science	Deptford Dockyard (technology) HMS Comet launched at Deptford Dockyard in the United Kingdom, the first steamboat commissioned by the Royal Navy.	0
23 May 1844 Abdu'l-Baha	science	birth Abdu'l-Baha Abdu'l-Baha (died 1921 advanced the compatibility of science and religion and encouraged many scientific and technological developments]].	0
23 May 1848 Otto Lilienthal	science	birth Otto Lilienthal Otto Lilienthal (died 1896), German aviation pioneer.	0
23 May 1850 George Claridge Druce	science	birth George Claridge Druce George Claridge Druce (died 1932), botanist.	0
23 May 1857 Augustin Louis Cauchy	science	death Augustin Louis Cauchy Augustin Louis Cauchy (born 1789), French mathematician.	0
23 May 1908 John Bardeen	science	birth John Bardeen John Bardeen (died 1991), American physicist, co-inventor of the transistor. Only physicist to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics twice.	0
23 May 1931 Aldred Scott Warthin	science	death Aldred Scott Warthin Aldred Scott Warthin (born 1867), American cancer geneticist.	0
23 May 1934 Robert Moog	science	birth Robert Moog Robert Moog (died 2005), American pioneer of electronic music.	0
23 May 1995 Java programming language	science	Java programming language (computer science) The Java programming language is announced to the world.	0
23 May 1996 Göran Kropp	science	Göran Kropp (exploration) Swede Göran Kropp reaches Mount Everest summit alone without oxygen after having bicycled there from Sweden.	0

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