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Science on the 25th of July in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
25 Jul 1616 Andreas Libavius	science	death Andreas Libavius Andreas Libavius, German physician (born 1555).	0
25 Jul 1698 English	science	English (technology) English engineer Thomas Savery obtains a patent for "A new invention for raiseing of water... by the impellent force of fire", a steam pump.	0
25 Jul 1710 Gottfried Kirch	science	death Gottfried Kirch Gottfried Kirch, German astronomer (born 1639)	0
25 Jul 1799 Battle of Abukir	science	Battle of Abukir (archaeology) At the Battle of Abukir in Egypt, Napoleon Bonaparte gains French control of Egyptian artifacts by defeating over 10,000 Ottoman Mamluk troops under Mustafa Pasha.	0
25 Jul 1808 Johann Benedict Listing	science	birth Johann Benedict Listing Johann Benedict Listing, German mathematician (died 1882).	0
25 Jul 1814 George Stephenson	science	George Stephenson (technology) George Stephenson puts his first steam locomotive in service, the Blücher for Killingworth Colliery on Tyneside in England.	0
25 Jul 1842 Dominique Jean Larrey	science	death Dominique Jean Larrey Dominique Jean Larrey (born 1766), surgeon, pioneer of battlefield medicine.	0
25 Jul 1843 Charles Macintosh	science	death Charles Macintosh Charles Macintosh (born 1766), Scottish inventor of a waterproof fabric.	0
25 Jul 1865 James Barry	science	death James Barry Dr. James Barry (born 1789-1799), Irish-born military surgeon, revealed on death to be a woman, probably Margaret Ann Bulkley.	0
25 Jul 1893 Corinth Canal	science	Corinth Canal (technology) Completion of the Corinth Canal in Greece.	0
25 Jul 1895 Maria Skłodowska	science	Maria Skłodowska (other s) Maria Skłodowska marries Pierre Curie in the town hall at Sceaux.	0
25 Jul 1909 Louis Bleriot	science	Louis Bleriot (technology) Louis Bleriot is the first man to fly across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air craft.	0
25 Jul 1920 radio	science	radio (technology) The first transatlantic two-way radio broadcast is made.	0
25 Jul 1920 Rosalind Franklin	science	birth Rosalind Franklin Rosalind Franklin, English crystallographer (died 1958).	0
25 Jul 1922 John B. Goodenough	science	birth John B. Goodenough John B. Goodenough, German-born American solid-state physicist.	0
25 Jul 1973 Soviet	science	Soviet (astronomy and space ) Soviet Mars 5 space probe launched.	0
25 Jul 1978 Louise Brown	science	Louise Brown (medicine) Louise Brown becomes the world's first human born from in vitro fertilisation, in England.	0

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