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14 Nov 1698
Eddystone Lighthouse |
Eddystone Lighthouse (technology) First Eddystone Lighthouse illuminated, the first rock lighthouse in Europe. |
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14 Nov 1716
Gottfried Leibniz |
death Gottfried Leibniz Gottfried Leibniz, German scientist and mathematician (born 1646) |
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14 Nov 1746
Georg Steller |
death Georg Steller Georg Steller, German naturalist (born 1709) |
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14 Nov 1765
Robert Fulton |
birth Robert Fulton Robert Fulton, American engineer (died 1815) |
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14 Nov 1776
Henri Dutrochet |
birth Henri Dutrochet Henri Dutrochet, French physician (died 1847) |
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14 Nov 1807
Auguste Laurent |
birth Auguste Laurent Auguste Laurent, chemist (died 1853) |
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14 Nov 1829
Louis Nicolas Vauquelin |
death Louis Nicolas Vauquelin Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (born 1763), chemist. |
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14 Nov 1837
Lucas Barrett |
birth Lucas Barrett Lucas Barrett (died 1862), naturalist. |
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14 Nov 1845
Ulisse Dini |
birth Ulisse Dini Ulisse Dini (died 1918), mathematician. |
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14 Nov 1870
Karl Weltzien |
death Karl Weltzien Karl Weltzien (born 1813), German inorganic chemist. |
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14 Nov 1886
Alexandre-Emile Béguyer de Chancourtois |
death Alexandre-Emile Béguyer de Chancourtois Alexandre-Emile Béguyer de Chancourtois, French mineralogist and geologist (born 1820). |
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14 Nov 1891
Frederick Banting |
birth Frederick Banting Frederick Banting (died 1941), Canadian discoverer of insulin, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1923) |
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14 Nov 1912
Tung-Yen Lin |
birth Tung-Yen Lin Tung-Yen Lin (died 2003), Chinese-born civil engineer. |
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14 Nov 1930
Ed White |
birth Ed White Ed White (died in training accident 1967), astronaut. |
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14 Nov 1943
Frank Leverett |
death Frank Leverett Frank Leverett (born 1859), American glaciologist. |
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14 Nov 1963
Icelandic |
Icelandic (earth sciences) The Icelandic volcanic island of Surtsey appears above sea level. |
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14 Nov 1975
Martin Hairer |
birth Martin Hairer Martin Hairer, Austrian-born mathematician. |
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