NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of astronomers

Famous astronomers and astrophysicists include: An astronomer or astrophysicist is a person whose area of interest is astronomy or astrophysics. ... An astrophysicist is a person whose profession is astrophysics. ...

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Marc Aaronson (USA, 1950 – 1987)
George Ogden Abell (USA, 1927 – 1983)
Antonio Abetti (Italy, 1846 – 1928)
Giorgio Abetti (Italy, 1882 – 1982)
Charles Greeley Abbot (USA, 1872 – 1973)
Charles Hitchcock Adams (USA, 1868 – 1951)
John Couch Adams (UK, 1819 – 1892)
Walter Sydney Adams (USA, 1876 – 1956)
Saul Adelman (USA, 1944 -)
Agrippa (Greek, unknown ca. 92)
Paul Oswald Ahnert (Germany, 1897 – 1989)
Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (Germany, 1912 – 1954)
George Biddell Airy, (England, 1801 – 1892)
Robert Aitken, (USA, 1864 – 1951)
Al Battani (Iraq, 850 – 929)
Albategnius (see Al-Batani)
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky (Russia, 1891 – 1952)
Albumasar (Persia 787 - 886)
George Alcock (UK, 1913 – 2000)
Harold Alden (USA, 1890 – 1964)
Hannes Alfvén (Sweden, 1908 – 1995)
Lawrence H. Aller (USA, 1913 – 2003)
Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, (Persia, 903 – 986)
Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian, (Armenia, 1912 – 1996)
John August Anderson, (USA, 1876 – 1959)
Andronicus of Cyrrhus, (Greek, unknown ca. 100 BC)
Anders Jonas Ångström (Sweden, 1814 – 1874)
Eugène Michel Antoniadi (Greece, France, 1870 – 1944)
Petrus Apianus (Germany, 1495 – 1557)
François Arago (France, 1786 – 1853)
Sylvain Arend (Belgium, 1902 – 1992)
Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander (Germany, 1799 – 1875)
Aristarchus of Samos (Greek, circa 310 BC – circa 230 BC)
Christoph Arnold (Germany, 1650 – 1695)
Svante Arrhenius (Sweden, 1859 – 1927)
Arzachel (Muslim Spain, 1028 – 1087)
Goryu Asada (Japan, 1734 –1799)
Giuseppe Asclepi (Italy, 1706 – 1776)
Joseph Ashbrook (USA, April 4, 1918 – August 4, 1980)
Arthur Auwers (Germany, 1838 – 1915)
Adrien Auzout (France, 1622 – 1691)

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Marc Aaronson (August 24, 1950 in Los Angeles - April 30, 1987 in Tucson, Arizona) was an American astronomer. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... George Ogden Abell (March 1, 1927 – October 7, 1983) was an astronomer at UCLA who is best known for his catalogue of clusters of galaxies. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Antonio Abetti (1846 - 1928) was a significant Italian astronomer. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Giorgio Abetti (October 5, 1882 - August 24, 1982) was an Italian solar astronomer. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Charles Greeley Abbot (May 31, 1872 â€“ December 17, 1973) was an American astrophysicist, astronomer and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Charles Hitchcock Adams (1868–1951) was an amateur American astronomer. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... John Couch Adams (June 5, 1819 â€“ January 21, 1892), was a British mathematician and astronomer. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Walter Sydney Adams (December 20, 1876 – May 11, 1956) was an American astronomer. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Prof. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... For other people named Agrippa, see Agrippa. ... For other uses, see number 92. ... Paul Oswald Ahnert (November 22, 1897 – February 27, 1989) was a German astronomer. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs (August 11, 1912 – March 9, 1954) was a German astronomer. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... George Biddell Airy Sir George Biddell Airy (July 27, 1801â€“January 2, 1892) was British Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Robert Grant Aitken (December 31, 1864 â€“ October 29, 1951) was an American astronomer. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Al Battani (ca. ... Events April 20 - Guntherus becomes Bishop of Cologne. ... Events Emir Abd-ar-rahman III of Cordoba declares himself caliph. ... Al Battani (ca. ... Vladimir Aleksandrovich Albitzky (Владимир Александрович Альбицкий) (June 16, 1891 – June 15, 1952) was a Russian astronomer. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jafar ibn Muhammad Abu Mashar al-Balkhi (787 - 886) was a Persian astronomer and mathematician from Balkh, in todays Afghanistan. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... This article is about the year 787. ... Events The Glagolitic alphabet, devised by Cyril and Methodius, missionairies from Constantinople, is adopted in the Bulgarian Empire. ... George Eric Deacon Alcock (August 28, 1912 – December 15, 2000) was a British astronomer. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Harold Lee Alden (January 10, 1890 – February 3, 1964) was an American astronomer. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Hannes AlfvÃ©n (1908-1995), winning the Nobel Prizing for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. Hannes Olof GÃ¶sta AlfvÃ©n (May 30, 1908; NorrkÃ¶ping, Sweden - April 2, 1995; Djursholm, Sweden) is known as a Swedish plasma physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1970 for his work developing... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lawrence Hugh Aller (1913 – March 16, 2003) was an American astronomer. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Al Sufi from The Depiction of Celestial Constellations. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... Events Vikings invade England. ... Events March 2 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks End of the reign of Emperor Kazan of Japan Emperor Ichijo ascends to the throne of Japan Explorer Bjarni Herjólfsson becomes the first inhabitant of the Old World to sight North America Births Deaths March 2 - Lothair, King of... Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian (ÕŽÕ«Õ¯Õ¿Õ¸Ö€ Õ€Õ¡Õ´Õ¢Õ¡Ö€Õ±Õ¸Ö‚Õ´ÕµÕ¡Õ¶ in Armenian, Ð’Ð¸ÐºÑ‚Ð¾Ñ€ ÐÐ¼Ð°Ð·Ð°ÑÐ¿Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ ÐÐ¼Ð±Ð°Ñ€Ñ†ÑƒÐ¼ÑÐ½ in Russian) (September 18, 1908 (Julian calendar: September 5) â€“ August 12, 1996) was an Armenian-Russian astronomer and astrophysicist. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... John August Anderson (August 7, 1876-December 2, 1959) was an American astronomer. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Andronicus of Cyrrhus was a Greek astronomer who flourished about 100 BC. He built a horologium at Athens, the so-called Tower of the Winds, a considerable portion of which still exists. ... Anders Jonas Ã…ngstrÃ¶m Anders Jonas Ã…ngstrÃ¶m (August 13, 1814 â€“ June 21, 1874) was a physicist in Sweden, one of the founders of the science of spectroscopy. ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... EugÃ¨ne Michel Antoniadi (1870 â€“ February 10, 1944) was a Turkish-born Greek astronomer who spent most of his life in France. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Apianus on an 18th century engraving Petrus Apianus (April 16, 1495 â€“ April 21, 1552; also known as Peter Apian) was a German humanist, famous for his works in mathematics, astronomy and cartography. ... 1495 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Spain is effectively bankrupt. ... FranÃ§ois Arago FranÃ§ois Jean Dominique Arago (February 26, 1786 â€“ October 2, 1853) was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician. ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Sylvain Julien Victor Arend (August 6, 1902 – February 18, 1992) was a Belgian astronomer born in Luxembourg. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander (March 22, 1799 – February 17, 1875) was a Prussian astronomer, born in Memel in the Kingdom of Prussia (now Klaipeda in Lithuania), and best known for his work in recording the positions of stars. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Statue of Aristarchus at Aristoteles University in Thessaloniki, Greece Aristarchus (310 BC - c. ... Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC Years: 315 BC 314 BC 313 BC 312 BC 311 BC _ 310 BC _ 309 BC... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC - 230s BC - 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC Years: 235 BC 234 BC 233 BC 232 BC 231 BC - 230 BC - 229 BC 228 BC... Christoph Arnold (December 17, 1650â€”April 15, 1695) was a German amateur astronomer. ... // Events June 23 - Claimant King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland arrives in Scotland, the only of the three Kingdoms that has accepted him as ruler. ... Events January 27 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed II to Mustafa II (1695-1703) July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament. ... Svante August Arrhenius Svante August Arrhenius (February 19, 1859 â€“ October 2, 1927) was a Swedish chemist and one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other meanings, see Arzachel (disambiguation) Al-Zarqali (in full Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Yahya Al-Zarqali, Arzachel to Latin Europe), (1028–1087 CE), was a leading Arab mathematician and the foremost astronomer of his time. ... Events November 12 - Dying Emperor Constantine VIII of the Byzantine Empire marries his daughter Zoe of Byzantium to his chosen heir Romanus Argyrus. ... Events May 9 - The remains of Saint Nicholas were brought to Bari. ... Goryu Asada (éº»ç”°å‰›ç«‹) (1734â€“1799) was a Japanese astronomer. ... Events January 8 - Premiere of George Frideric Handels opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Giuseppe Maria Asclepi (1706-1776), Italian astronomer and physician. ... Events March 27 - Concluding that Emperor Iyasus I of Ethiopia had abdicated by retiring to a monastery, a council of high officials appoint Tekle Haymanot I Emperor of Ethiopia May 23 - Battle of Ramillies September 7 - The Battle of Turin in the War of Spanish Succession - forces of Austria and... This article is about the year 1776. ... Joseph Ashbrook (April 4, 1918 – August 4, 1980) was an American astronomer Ashbrook was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Georg Friedrich Julius Arthur von Auwers (September 12, 1838 â€“ January 24, 1915) was a German astronomer. ... | JÃ¶ns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Adrien Auzout ( January 28th, 1622– May 23rd, 1691) was a French astronomer. ... Events January 1 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25. ... Events March 5 - French troops under Marshal Louis-Francois de Boufflers besiege the Spanish-held town of Mons March 20 - Leislers Rebellion - New governor arrives in New York - Jacob Leisler surrenders after standoff of several hours March 29 - Siege of Mons ends to the cityâ€™s surrender May 6...

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Walter Baade (Germany, 1893 – 1960)
Harold D. Babcock (USA, 1882 – 1968)
Horace W. Babcock (USA, 1912 – 2003)
Oskar Backlund (Sweden, 1846 – 1916)
John N. Bahcall (USA, 1934 – 2005)
John E. Baldwin (UK, 1934 – )
Benjamin Baillaud (France, 1848 – 1934)
Jean Sylvain Bailly (France, 1736 – 1793)
Francis Baily (UK, 1774 – 1844)
John Bainbridge (UK, 1582 – 1643)
Sallie Baliunas (USA, 1953 – )
Benjamin Banneker (USA, 1731 – 1806)
Edward Emerson Barnard (USA, 1857 – 1923)
Johann Bayer (Germany, 1572 – 1625)
Antonín Bečvář (Slovakia, 1901 – 1965)
Wilhelm Beer (Germany, 1797 – 1850)
Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky (Russia, 1883 – 1953)
Charles L. Bennett (USA, 1956- present)
Jocelyn Bell Burnell (Ireland, 1943 – )
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (Germany, 1784 – 1846)
Wilhelm Freiherr von Biela (Austria, 1782 – 1856)
Ludwig Biermann (Germany, 1907 – 1986)
Guillaume Bigourdan (France, 1851 – 1932)
Wolf Bickel (Germany, [born] – [died])
Biruni (Persia 973 - 1048)
Adriaan Blaauw (Netherlands, 1914 – )
Nathaniel Bliss (UK, 1700 – 1764)
Johann Elert Bode (Germany, 1747 – 1826)
Alfred Bohrmann (Germany, 1904 – 2000)
Bart Bok (Netherlands, 1906 – 1983)
Charles Thomas Bolton (USA, 1943 – )
John Gatenby Bolton (UK, Australia, 1922 – 1993)
William Cranch Bond (USA, 1789 – 1859)
Alphonse Borrelly (France, 1842 – 1926)
Rudjer Boscovich (Dalmatia, 1711 – 1787)
Lewis Boss (USA, 1846 – 1912)
Rychard Bouwens (USA, 1972 – )
Alexis Bouvard (France, 1767 – 1843)
Edward (Ted) L. G. Bowell (USA, 1943 – )
Ira Sprague Bowen (USA, 1898 – 1973)
Louis Boyer (France)
Ronald N. Bracewell (Australia, USA, 1921 – )
James Bradley (England, 1693 – 1762)
Tycho Brahe (Denmark, 1546 – 1601)
John Alfred Brashear (USA, 1840 – 1920)
William Robert Brooks (USA, 1844 – 1922)
Theodor Brorsen (Denmark, 1819 – 1895)
Dirk Brouwer (Netherlands–USA, 1902 – 1966)
Ernest William Brown (UK, 1866 – 1938)
Michael (Mike) E. Brown (USA)
Ismael Bullialdus (France, 1605 – 1694)
James Steven Bullock (USA, 1972 – )
Margaret Burbidge (UK, 1919 – )
Robert Burnham, Jr. (USA, 1931 – 1993)
Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838 – 1921)
Schelte J. Bus (USA)

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Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade (March 24, 1893 - June 25, 1960) was a German astronomer who emigrated to the USA in 1931. ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Harold Delos Babcock (January 24, 1882 – April 8, 1968) was an American astronomer, and the father of Horace W. Babcock. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Horace Welcome Babcock (September 13, 1912 – August 29, 2003) was an American astronomer. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Norris Bahcall (December 30, 1934 â€“ August 17, 2005) was an American astrophysicist. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Prof. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Image:BenjaminBaillaud. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jean Sylvain Bailly Jean-Sylvain Bailly (September 15, 1736 – November 12, 1793), French astronomer and orator, was one of the leaders of the early part of the French Revolution. ... Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Francis Baily (April 28, 1774 – August 30, 1844), English astronomer, was born at Newbury, Berkshire. ... Chesma Column in Tsarskoe Selo, commemorating the end of the Russo-Turkish War. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... John Bainbridge (1582 – November 3, 1643) was an English astronomer. ... Events January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. ... // Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. ... Sallie Baliunas is at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in the Solar, Stellar, and Planetary Sciences Division and formerly Deputy Director of the Mount Wilson Institute. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Events 10 Downing Street becomes the official residence of the United Kingdoms Prime Minister when Robert Walpole moves in. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Edward Emerson Barnard (December 16, 1857 â€“ February 6, 1923) was an American astronomer. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Johann Bayer (1572 – March 7, 1625) was a German astronomer. ... Events January 16 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. ... Events March 27 - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... AntonÃn BeÄvÃ¡Å™ (June 10, 1901 â€“ January 10, 1965) was a Czech astronomer. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Wilhelm Beer Wilhelm Wolff Beer (January 14, 1797 â€“ March 27, 1850) was a banker and astronomer in Berlin, Germany, and brother of Giacomo Meyerbeer. ... 1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Sergei Ivanovich Beljawsky (Ð¡ÐµÑ€Ð³ÐµÐ¹ Ð˜Ð²Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð‘ÐµÐ»ÑÐ²ÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹) (December 7, 1883 (Julian calendar: November 25) â€“ October 13, 1953) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer. ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... S. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, CBE, FRS FRAS (born Susan Jocelyn Bell, 15 July 1943), British astrophysicist and Quaker who discovered the first radio pulsars with her thesis advisor Antony Hewish. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (July 22, 1784 â€“ March 17, 1846) was a German mathematician, astronomer, and systematizer of the Bessel functions (which, despite their name, were discovered by Daniel Bernoulli). ... 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Wilhelm Freiherr von Biela or Wilhelm von Biela (in English: Baron William of Biela) (March 19, 1782 â€“ February 18, 1856) was an Austrian military officer and amateur astronomer. ... 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Ludwig Franz Benedict Biermann (March 13, 1907 – January 12, 1986) was a German astronomer. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Guillaume Bigourdan (April 6, 1851 – February 28, 1932) was a French astronomer. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Wolf Bickel is a German astronomer. ... Biruni commemorated on a Soviet stamp for his millennial anniversary. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... Events Edgar of England is crowned king by Saint Dunstan Births September 15 - Al_Biruni, mathematician († 1048) Abu al-Ala al-Maarri, poet Deaths May 7 - Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor Categories: 973 ... Events The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway. ... Adriaan Blaauw (born April 12, 1914) is a Dutch astronomer. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Reverend Nathaniel Bliss (28 November 1700-2 September 1764) was a noted English astronomer of the 18th century, serving as Astronomer Royal between 1762 and 1764. ... Events January 1 - Russia accepts Julian calendar. ... 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Elert Bode Johann Elert Bode (January 19, 1747 – November 23, 1826) was a German astronomer known for his contribution to the Titius-Bode law and his works to determine the orbit of Uranus, for which he also suggested the name. ... // Events January 31 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital April 9 - The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain May 14 - First battle of Cape... The oldest surviving photograph, NicÃ©phore NiÃ©pce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Alfred Bohrmann (February 28, 1904 – January 4, 2000) was a German astronomer. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Bart Jan Bok (Hoorn, April 28, 1906 â€“ Tucson, August 5, 1983) was a Dutch-American astronomer. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... John Gatenby Bolton (June 5, 1922 – July 6, 1993) was a British-Australian astronomer. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... William Cranch Bond William Cranch Bond (September 9, 1789 â€“ January 29, 1859) was an American astronomer, and the first director of Harvard College Observatory. ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly (December 8, 1842 – February 28, 1926) was a French astronomer. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rudjer Josip Boscovich Rudjer Joseph Boscovich[1] (May 18, 1711 â€“ February 13, 1787) was a Croatian, Dubrovnik physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, and Jesuit from Ragusa (todays Dubrovnik) who later lived in England, France and Italy. ... Map of Croatia with Dalmatia highlighted Dalmatia (Croatian: Dalmacija Serbian: Ð”Ð°Ð»Ð¼Ð°Ñ†Ð¸Ñ˜Ð°) is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, in modern Croatia, spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Gulf of Kotor (Boka Kotorska) in the southeast. ... // Events February 24 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. ... 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Lewis Boss (1846–1912) was an American Astronomer. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Rychard Bouwens is a postdoc astronomer at the University of California, Santa Cruz and a member of the Advanced Camera for Surveys Guaranteed Time Observation (GTO) team. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Alexis Bouvard (June 27, 1767 - June 7, 1843) was a French astronomer, born in Contamines, France. ... 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Edward L. G. Bowell (or Ted Bowell) (* 1943 in London) is an American astronomer. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Ira Sprague Bowen (December 21, 1898 – February 6, 1973) was an American astronomer. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Louis Boyer was a French astronomer. ... Ronald Newbold Bracewell (1921 â€“ ) is the Lewis M. Terman Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus of the Space, Telecommunications and Radioscience Laboratory at Stanford University. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... James Bradley (March 1693 â€“ July 13, 1762) was an English astronomer, Astronomer Royal from 1742. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq... Events January 11 - Eruption of Mt. ... 1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Tycho Brahe Monument of Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler in Prague , born Tyge Ottesen Brahe (December 14, 1546 â€“ October 24, 1601), was a Danish (Scanian) nobleman best known today as an early astronomer, though in his lifetime he was also well known as an astrologer and alchemist. ... // Events Spanish conquest of Yucatan Peace between England and France Foundation of Trinity College, Cambridge by Henry VIII of England Katharina von Bora flees to Magdeburg Science Architecture Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. ... Events February 8 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Elizabeth I of England - revolt is quickly crushed February 25 - Robert Devereux beheaded Jesuit Matteo Ricci arrives in China Bad harvest in Russia due to rainy summer Dutch troops drive Portuguese from MÃ¡laga Battle of Kinsale, Ireland Births... John Alfred Brashear (November 24, 1840 â€“ April 8, 1920) was an American astronomer and instrument builder. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... William Robert Brooks (June 11, 1844 â€“ May 3, 1922) was an American astronomer. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Theodor Johan Christian Ambders Brorsen (July 29, 1819 â€“ May 31, 1895) was a Danish astronomer. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Dirk Brouwer (September 1, 1902 â€“ January 31, 1966) was a Dutch-American astronomer. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Ernest William Brown (November 29, 1866 – July 22, 1938) was a British astronomer. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dr. Michael (Mike) E. Brown has been an associate professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) since 2002. ... Ismael Bullialdus Ismael Bullialdus (Boulliaud, Boulliau) (September 28, 1605 - November 25, 1694) was a French astronomer. ... 1605 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Margaret Burbidge (nee Eleanor Margaret Peachey) (born August 12, 1919) is a British astrophysicist, noted for original research and holding many administrative posts, including director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Robert Burnham, Jr. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Sherburne Wesley Burnham (December 12, 1838 â€“ March 11, 1921) was an American astronomer. ... | JÃ¶ns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Schelte J. Bobby Bus is an Assistant Astronomer at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. ...

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William Wallace Campbell (USA, 1862 – 1938)
Annie Jump Cannon (USA, 1863 – 1941)
Luigi Carnera (Italy, 1875 – 1962)
Edwin Francis Carpenter (USA, 1898 – 1963)
James Carpenter (UK, 1840 – 1899)
Richard Christopher Carrington (UK, 1826 – 1875)
Sir John Carroll (UK, 1899 – 1974)
César-François Cassini de Thury (France, 1714 – 1784)
Dominique, comte de Cassini (France, 1748 – 1845)
Giovanni Domenico Cassini a.k.a. Jean-Dominique Cassini (France, 1625 – 1712)
Jacques Cassini (France, 1677 – 1756)
Bonaventura Cavalieri (Italy, 1598 – 1647)
Anders Celsius, (1701 – 1744)
Vincenzo Cerulli, (Italy, 1859 – 1927)
Jean Chacornac (France, 1823 – 1873)
James Challis (UK, 1803 – 1882)
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (India, USA, 1910 – 1995)
Carl Charlier (Sweden, 1862 – 1934)
Auguste Charlois (France, 1864 – 1910)
Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh (Russia?, Ukraine)
Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh (Russia, Ukraine, 1931 – )
James Christy (USA, 1938 – )
Edwin Foster Coddington (USA, 1870 – 1950)
Jérôme Eugène Coggia (France, 1849 – 1919)
Josep Comas Solá (Spain)
Andrew Ainslie Common (UK, 1841 – 1903)
Guy Consolmagno (USA, 1952 – )
E. J. Cooper (Ireland, 1798 – 1863)
Nicolaus Copernicus (Poland, 1473 – 1543)
Pablo Cottenot (France)
Heather Couper (UK, 1949 – )
Arthur Edwin Covington (Canada, 1914 – 2001)
Philip Herbert Cowell (UK, 1870 – 1949)
Thomas George Cowling (UK, 1906 – 1990)
Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (UK, 1865 – 1939)
Heber Doust Curtis (USA, 1872 – 1942)

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William Wallace Campbell (April 11, 1862 â€“ June 14, 1938) was an American astronomer. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Annie Jump Cannon (December 11, 1863 â€“ April 13, 1941) was an American astronomer whose cataloguing work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. ... 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... Luigi Carnera (April 14, 1875 – July 30, 1962) was an Italian astronomer. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... James Carpenter (1840â€“1899) was a British astronomer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Richard Christopher Carrington (May 26, 1826 â€“ November 27, 1875) was an English astronomer who discovered the differential rotation of the sun by means of sunspot observations in 1863. ... The oldest surviving photograph, NicÃ©phore NiÃ©pce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... John A. Carroll (1899â€“1974) was a British astronomer and physicist. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... CÃ©sar-FranÃ§ois Cassini de Thury (June 17, 1714 â€“ September 4, 1784) was a French astronomer, son of Jacques Cassini. ... Battle of Gangut, by Maurice Baquoi, 1724-27. ... 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jacques Dominique, comte de Cassini (June 30, 1748 – October 18, 1845) was a French astronomer, son of César-François Cassini de Thury. ... Events April 24 - A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle with the intent to conclude the struggle known as the War of Austrian Succession - at October 18 - The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh Building of... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Giovanni Domenico (Jean-Dominique) Cassini Portrait Giovanni Domenico Cassini (June 8, 1625 - September 14, 1712) was an Italian astronomer and engineer. ... Events March 27 - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... // Events Treaty of Aargau signed between Catholic and Protestants. ... Jacques Cassini (February 8, 1677 - April 18, 1756) was a French astronomer, son of Giovanni Domenico Cassini Cassini was born at the Paris Observatory. ... Events First performance of Racines tragedy, PhÃ¨dre Sarah Churchill marries John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough Battle of Cassel, Philippe I of OrlÃ©ans defeats William of Orange Mary II of England marries William of Orange English Statute of frauds is passed into law Battle of Landskrona Elias... 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Coins illustrating Cavalieris principle Bonaventura Francesco Cavalieri (in Latin, Cavalerius) (1598â€“November 30, 1647) was an Italian mathematician best known today for Cavalieris principle, which states that the volumes of two objects are equal if the areas of corresponding cross-sections are in all cases equal. ... Events January 7 - Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I. April 13 - Edict of Nantes - Henry IV of France grants French Huguenots equal rights with Catholics. ... // Events March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. ... Anders Celsius The observatory of Anders Celsius, from a contemporary engraving. ... Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ... // Events The third French and Indian War, known as King Georges War, breaks out at Port Royal, Nova Scotia The First Saudi State founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud Prague occupied by Prussian armies Ongoing events War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) Births January 10 - Thomas Mifflin, fifth President... Vincenzo Cerulli (April 20, 1859 – May 30, 1927) was an Italian astronomer who owned a private observatory in Teramo. ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jean Chacornac (June 21, 1823 â€“ September 23, 1873) was a French astronomer. ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... James Challis (December 12, 1803 – December 3, 1882) was a British clergyman and astronomer. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... This article is about the Indian-American physicist. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Carl Vilhelm Ludwig Charlier (April 1, 1862 â€“ November 5, 1934) was a Swedish astronomer. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Auguste HonorÃ© Charlois (November 26, 1864 â€“ March 26, 1910) was a French astronomer who discovered 99 asteroids while working in Nice. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh (Ð›ÑŽÐ´Ð¼Ð¸Ð»Ð° Ð˜Ð²Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð½Ð° Ð§ÐµÑ€Ð½Ñ‹Ñ…) (b. ... Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh (Николай Степанович Черных) (born October 6, 1931, died May 26, 2004) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... James Walter Christy (born 1938) is an American astronomer. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Edwin Foster Coddington (June 24, 1870 – December 21, 1950) was an American astronomer. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... JÃ©rÃ´me EugÃ¨ne Coggia (February 18, 1849 â€“ January 15, 1919) was a 19th-century French (Corsican) astronomer. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Josep Comas i SolÃ (Catalan) or JosÃ© Comas y SolÃ¡ (Spanish) (December 19, 1868 â€“ December 2, 1937) was a Catalan astronomer. ... Andrew Ainslie Common (August 7, 1841 – June 2, 1903) was a British astronomer. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Brother Guy J. Consolmagno, SJ (born September 19, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan), is an astronomer at the Vatican Observatory. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ... Nicolaus Copernicus (February 19, 1473 â€“ May 24, 1543) was an astronomer who provided the first modern formulation of a heliocentric (sun-centered) theory of the solar system in his epochal book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres). ... Events Ottoman sultan Mehmed II defeats the White Sheep Turkmens lead by Uzun Hasan at Otlukbeli Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan invades the territory of neighboring Aztec city of Tlatelolco. ... // Events February 21 - Battle of Wayna Daga - A combined army of Ethiopian and Portuguese troops defeat the armies of Adal led by Ahmed Gragn. ... Pablo Cottenot was a French astronomer. ... Heather Couper (born June 2, 1949) is a British astronomer who popularised astronomy in the 1990s and 2000s on British Television, often alongside Patrick Moore on the programme The Sky at Night. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Philip Herbert Cowell (August 7, 1870 – June 6, 1949) was a British astronomer. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Thomas George Cowling (June 17, 1906 â€“ June 16, 1990) was a British astronomer. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... poopy Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (February 6, 1865 â€“ September 20, 1939) was a British astronomer. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Heber Doust Curtis (June 27, 1872 – January 9, 1942) was an American astronomer. ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ...

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Jacques Eugène d'Allonville (France, 1671 – 1732)
Andre Louis Danjon (France, 1890 – 1967)
Heinrich d'Arrest (Germany, 1822 – 1875)
George Howard Darwin (UK, 1845 – 1912)
William Rutter Dawes (UK, 1799 – 1868)
Bernard Dawson (Argentina, 1890 – 1960)
Leo de Ball (Germany, Austria, 1853 – 1916)
Henri Debehogne (Belgium)
Annibale de Gasparis (Italy, 1819 – 1892)
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (France, 1749 – 1822)
Charles-Eugène Delaunay (France, 1816 – 1872)
Eugène Joseph Delporte (Belgium, 1882 – 1955)
Audrey Delsanti
William Frederick Denning (UK, 1848 – 1931)
Alíz Derekas (Hungary, 1977 – )
Willem de Sitter (Netherlands, 1872 – 1934)
Henri-Alexandre Deslandres (France, 1853 – 1948)
Alexander Nikolaevich Deutsch (Russia)
Gérard de Vaucouleurs (France, USA, 1918 – 1995)
Robert Dicke (USA, 1916 – 1997)
Terence Dickinson, (Canada), astronomer and author
Thomas Digges (England, 1546 – 1595)
Herbert Dingle (USA, 1890 – 1978)
Andrea Di Paola (Italy)
John Dobson (1915 – )
Franjo Dominko, (Slovenia, 1903 – 1987)
Giovanni Battista Donati, (Italy, 1826 – 1873)
Frank Drake (USA, 1930 – )
Henry Draper (USA, 1837 – 1882)
John Dreyer (Ireland, 1852 – 1926)
Alexander D. Dubyago (Russia), 1903 – 1959)
Dmitrij I. Dubyago (Russia), 1850 – 1918)
Jean C. B. Dufay (France, 1896 – 1967)
Raymond Smith Dugan (USA, 1878 – 1940)
Frank Watson Dyson (UK, 1868 – 1939)

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Jacques Eugène DAllonville, Chevalier de Louville par Fontenelle (July 14, 1671 – September, 1732) was a French astronomer and mathematician. ... Events May 9 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. ... Events February 23 - First performance of Handels Orlando, in London June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. ... André-Louis Danjon (April 6, 1890 – April 21, 1967) was a French astronomer born in Caen, France. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Heinrich Louis dArrest (July 13, 1822 – June 14, 1875) was a Prussian astronomer, born in Berlin. ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... George Howard Darwin Sir George Howard Darwin, F.R.S. (July 9, 1845 – December 7, 1912) was a British astronomer and mathematician, the second son and fifth child of Charles and Emma Darwin. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... William Rutter Dawes (March 19, 1799 – February 15, 1868) was a British astronomer. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Leo Anton Karl de Ball (November 23, 1853 – December 12, 1916) was a German-Austrian astronomer. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Asteroids discovered: 704 2364 Seillier April 14, 1978 2461 Clavel March 5, 1981 with G. DeSanctis 2543 Machado June 1, 1980 2590 Mourao May 22, 1980 2673 Lossignol May 22, 1980 2707 Ueferji August 28, 1981 2765 Dinant March 4, 1981 with G. DeSanctis 2788 Andenne March 1, 1981 with... Annibale de Gasparis (April 9, 1819 – March 21, 1892) was an Italian astronomer. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (September 19, 1749 in Amiens – August 19, 1822 in Paris) was a French mathematician and astronomer. ... Events While in debtors prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Charles-EugÃ¨ne Delaunay (April 9, 1816 â€“ August 5, 1872) was a French astronomer and mathematician. ... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... EugÃ¨ne Joseph Delporte (January 10, 1882 â€“ October 19, 1955) was a Belgian astronomer. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Audrey C. Delsanti (27 August 1976â€“ ) is a French astronomer who co-discovered (40314) 1999 KR16 in 1999 whilst at La Silla Observatory in Chile. ... William Frederick Denning (November 25, 1848 – June 9, 1931) was a British astronomer. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Aliz Derekas is a Hungarian astronomer who co-discovered (82092) 2001 DV86 whilst working at PiszkÃ©steto Station, Konkoly Observatory, Hungary. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Willem de Sitter (May 6, 1872 – November 20, 1934) was a mathematician, physicist and astronomer. ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Henri Alexandre Deslandres (July 24, 1853 â€“ January 15, 1948) was a French astronomer, director of the Meudon and Paris Observatories. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Alexander Nikolaevich Deutsch was an astronomer (most likely Russian) who worked at Pulkovo Observatory and Simeis, Crimea. ... GÃ©rard Henri de Vaucouleurs (April 25, 1918â€“October 7, 1995) was a French-American astronomer. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert Henry Dicke (May 6, 1916 – March 4, 1997) was an American physicist and astrophysicist. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Terrence Dickinson is a leading amateur astronomer and science writer who lives near the rural town of Yarker, Ontario. ... Thomas Digges (1546 – August 24, 1595) was an English astronomer. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq... // Events Spanish conquest of Yucatan Peace between England and France Foundation of Trinity College, Cambridge by Henry VIII of England Katharina von Bora flees to Magdeburg Science Architecture Michelangelo Buonarroti is made chief architect of St. ... Events January 30 - William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time. ... Herbert Dingle (1890 â€“ 1978) was an English astronomer and president of the Royal Astronomical Society, and is best-known for his alleged disproof of the theory of special relativity. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Andrea Di Paola is an Italian astronomer (active 1996–). Works at the Osservatorio astronomico di Roma. ... John Dobson in Wellington, New Zealand, April 2005 John L. Dobson (born September 14, 1915) is a highly influential amateur astronomer who has been dubbed the pied piper of astronomy and the star monk. He was the only amateur astronomer highlighted in the PBS series The Astronomers, and appeared twice... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Giovanni Battista Donati (December 16, Pisa,Italy, 1826 â€“ September 20, 1873,Florence, Italy) was an Italian astronomer. ... The oldest surviving photograph, NicÃ©phore NiÃ©pce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Professor Frank Drake Frank Drake (born May 28, 1930, Chicago, Illinois) is an American astronomer and astrophysicist. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... Henry Draper (March 7, 1837 – November 20, 1882) was an American doctor and astronomer. ... | Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... John Louis Emil Dreyer (February 13, 1852 – September 14, 1926) was a Danish-Irish astronomer. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Raymond Smith Dugan (May 30, 1878 – August 31, 1940) was an American astronomer and a graduate of Amherst College in Massachusetts (1899). ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Sir Frank Watson Dyson (January 8, 1868 â€“ May 25, 1939) was an English astronomer. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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Arthur Eddington (England, 1882 – 1944)
Frank K. Edmondson, (USA), (born 1912)
Olin J. Eggen (USA, 1919 – 1998)
Eise Eisinga (Netherlands, 1744 – 1828)
Eric Elst (Belgium)
Johann Franz Encke (Germany, 1791 – 1865)
Eratosthenes (Alexandria, 276 BC – 194 BC)
Emil Ernst (Ph.D. Germany)
Ernest Esclangon, (France, 1876 – 1954)
Larry W. Esposito (USA)
Eudoxus (Cnidus, circa 408 BC – circa 347 BC)

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One of Sir Arthur Stanley Eddingtons papers announced Einsteins theory of general relativity to the English-speaking world. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Frank K. Edmondson (born August 1, 1912) is an American astronomer. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Olin Jeuck Eggen (July 9, 1919 â€“ October 2, 1998) was an American astronomer. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Eise Jeltes Eisinga (Dronrijp, 21 February 1744 - Franeker, 27 August 1828) was a Dutch amateur astronomer who built an orrery in his house in Franeker, Netherlands. ... // Events The third French and Indian War, known as King Georges War, breaks out at Port Royal, Nova Scotia The First Saudi State founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud Prague occupied by Prussian armies Ongoing events War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) Births January 10 - Thomas Mifflin, fifth President... 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Eric Walter Elst is a Belgian astronomer. ... Johann Franz Encke (September 23, 1791 – August 26, 1865) was a German astronomer, born in Hamburg. ... 1791 (MDCCXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Eratosthenes (á¼˜ÏÎ±Ï„Î¿ÏƒÎ¸ÎÎ½Î·Ï‚) Eratosthenes (Greek ) (276 BC - 194 BC) was a Hellenistic mathematician, geographer and astronomer. ... Alexandria Modern Alexandria, from Qaitbays Citadel Alexandria, sphinx made of pink granite, Ptolemaic. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC Years: 281 BC 280 BC 279 BC 278 BC 277 BC - 276 BC - 275 BC 274 BC... Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC - 190s BC - 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC Years: 199 BC 198 BC 197 BC 196 BC 195 BC - 194 BC - 193 BC 192 BC... Emil Ernst was an astronomer. ... Ernest Benjamin Esclangon (March 17, 1876 â€“ January 28, 1954) was a French astronomer and mathematician. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Larry W. Esposito is a Professor at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado. ... Eudoxus of Cnidus (Greek Εύδοξος) (410 or 408 BC - 355 or 347 BC) was a Greek astronomer, mathematician, physician, scholar and friend of Plato. ... Knidos or Cnidus (modern-day Tekir in Turkey) is an ancient Greek city in Asia Minor, once part of the country of Caria. ... Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC - 400s BC - 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC Years: 413 BC 412 BC 411 BC 410 BC 409 BC - 408 BC - 407 BC 406 BC... Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC - 340s BC - 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 352 BC 351 BC 350 BC 349 BC 348 BC 347 BC 346 BC 345 BC 344...

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David Fabricius (Netherlands, 1564 – 1617)
Sandra M. Faber (USA, 1945-)
Johannes Fabricius (Netherlands, 1587 – 1615)
Hervé Faye (1814 – 1902)
Charles Fehrenbach (France, 1914 – )
Farghani (Persia, d. after 861)
James Ferguson (USA, 1797 – 1867)
Erwin Finlay-Freundlich (1885 – 1964)
Axel Firsoff (UK, 1910 – 1981)
J. Richard Fisher
Camille Flammarion (France, 1842 – 1925)
Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (France, 1867 – 1962)
John Flamsteed, (England, 1646 – 1719)
Honoré Flaugergues (France, 1755 – 1835)
Williamina Fleming (USA, 1857 – 1911)
Wilhelm Julius Foerster (Germany, 1832 – 1921)
Alfred Fowler (UK, 1868 – 1940)
William Alfred Fowler (USA, 1911 – 1995)
Philip Fox (USA, 1878 – 1944)
Herbert Friedman (USA, 1916 – )
Dirk D. Frimout, (Belgium, 1941 – ), engineer and cosmonaut
Edwin Brant Frost (USA, 1866 – 1935)

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David and Johannes Fabricius were father and son astronomers from Frisia. ... Events March 27 â€” Naples bans kissing in public under the penalty of death June 22 â€” Fort Caroline, the first French attempt at colonizing the New World September 10 â€” The Battle of Kawanakajima Ottoman Turks invade Malta Modern pencil becomes common in England Conquistadors crossed the Pacific Spanish founded a colony... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623). ... Sandra M. Faber is a professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz and works at the Lick Observatory. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... David and Johannes Fabricius were father and son astronomers from Frisia. ... 1587 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. ... Events June 2 - First RÃ©collet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France. ... HervÃ© Auguste Ã‰tienne Albans Faye (1814 â€“ 1902) was a French astronomer. ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Fehrenbach (born April 29, 1914 in Strasbourg) is a French astronomer and member of the French Academy of Sciences. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Abul-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani known as Alfraganus in the West, was a Persian astronomer and one of the famous astronomers in ninth century. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... Events Carloman revolts against his father Louis the German. ... James Ferguson (August 31, 1797 - September 26, 1867) was an American astronomer born in Scotland who made the first discovery of an asteroid in North America. ... 1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Erwin Finlay-Freundlich (May 29, 1885 - July 24, 1964) [Scottish name:Finlay] was an German astronomer, a pupil of Felix Klein. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Valdemar Axel Firsoff was known principally as an amateur astronomer. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... J. Richard Fisher is an astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Charlottesville, VA. He, along with R. Brent Tully, proposed the now-famous Tully-Fisher relation in a paper, A New Method of Determining Distances to Galaxies (published in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. ... Camille Flammarion (February 26, 1842 – June 3, 1925) was a French astronomer. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (1876 â€“October 31, 1962) was a French astronomer. ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... John Flamsteed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq... // Events The Westminster Confession of Faith Ongoing events Wars of the Three Kingdoms, including the English Civil War (1642-1649) Births February 4 - Hans Erasmus AÃŸmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman and poet (d. ... // Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats Israelsson in an unused... HonorÃ© Flaugergues (May 16, 1755â€“November 26, 1835 or November 20, 1830) was a French astronomer. ... 1755 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming (May 15, 1857 – May 21, 1911), astronomer, was born in Dundee, Scotland, to Robert Stevens and Mary Walker Stevens. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Wilhelm Julius Förster (December 16, 1832 – January 18, 1921) was a German astronomer, father of the pacifist and ethicist Friedrich Wilhelm Förster. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Alfred Fowler (March 22, 1868 – June 24, 1940) was a British astronomer. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... There is another William Fowler who was a Scottish poet and uncle of William Drummond of Hawthornden William Alfred Willy Fowler (August 9, 1911 – March 14, 1995) was an American astrophysicist. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Philip Fox (March 7, 1878â€“July 21, 1944) was an American astronomer and soldier. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dirk D Frimout (Ph. ... This article is about the year. ... Edwin Brant Frost (July 16, 1866 – May 14, 1935) was an American astronomer. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

G

Galileo Galilei (Italy, 1564 – 1642)
Julio Garavito Armero
Johann Gottfried Galle (Germany, 1812 – 1910)
George Gamow (Russia, USA, 1904 – 1968)
Carl Friedrich Gauss (Germany, 1777 – 1855)
Tom Gehrels (Netherlands, USA, 1925 – )
Andrea Ghez (USA)
Riccardo Giacconi (Italy, 1931 – )
Michel Giacobini (France, 1873 – 1938)
Henry Lee Giclas (USA)
David Gill (UK, 1843 – 1914)
Thomas Gold (USA, 1920 – 2004)
Leo Goldberg (USA, 1913 – 1987)
Peter Goldreich (USA, 1939 – )
Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt (Germany, 1802 – 1866)
Paul Goldsmith (USA, 1948 – )
François Gonnessiat (France, 1856 – 1934)
John Goodricke (UK, 1764 – 1786)
Abu Sa'id Gorgani (Persia, 9th century)
Paul Götz (Germany)
Benjamin Apthorp Gould (USA, 1824 – 1896)
Andrew Graham (Ireland, 1815 – 1907)
Charles Green (England, 1735 – 1771)
Jesse Greenstein (USA, 1909 – 2002)
Bengt Gustafsson, (Sweden)
Alan Harvey Guth (USA, 1947 – )

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Galileo Galilei (February 15, 1564 â€“ January 8, 1642) was an Italian physicist, astronomer, and philosopher who is closely associated with the scientific revolution. ... Events March 27 â€” Naples bans kissing in public under the penalty of death June 22 â€” Fort Caroline, the first French attempt at colonizing the New World September 10 â€” The Battle of Kawanakajima Ottoman Turks invade Malta Modern pencil becomes common in England Conquistadors crossed the Pacific Spanish founded a colony... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... Julio Garavito Armero (January 5, 1865 â€“ March 11, 1920) was a Colombian astronomer. ... Johann Gottfried Galle (June 9, 1812 – July 10, 1910) was a German astronomer at the Berlin Observatory who, with help from Urbain Le Verrier, sighted Neptune on September 23, 1846. ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... George Gamow (pronounced GAM-off) (March 4, 1904 â€“ August 19, 1968) , born Georgiy Antonovich Gamov (Ð“ÐµÐ¾Ñ€Ð³Ð¸Ð¹ ÐÐ½Ñ‚Ð¾Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð“Ð°Ð¼Ð¾Ð²) was a Ukrainian born physicist and cosmologist. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... (30 April 1777 â€“ 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician and scientist of profound genius who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, magnetism, astronomy and optics. ... 1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Tom Gehrels is a Dutch-American astronomer. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Andrea Mia Ghez is an astronomer at UCLA. She received a BS in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1987 and her Ph. ... Riccardo Giacconi (born October 6, 1931) is an Italian-born American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Michel Giacobini (1873 – 1938) was a French astronomer. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Henry Lee Giclas (born December 9, 1910) is an American astronomer. ... Sir David Gill (June 12, 1843 – January 24, 1914) was a Scottish astronomer who spent much of his career in South Africa. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Thomas Gold (May 22, 1920 â€“ June 22, 2004) was an Austrian astrophysicist, a professor of astronomy at Cornell University, and a member of the US National Academy of Sciences. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Peter Goldreich (born July 14, 1939) is a U.S. astrophysicist. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt (June 17, 1802 – April 26, 1866) was a German astronomer and painter who spent much of his life in France. ... --69. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... FranÃ§ois Gonnessiat (1856 â€“ October 18, 1934) was a French astronomer. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Goodricke (September 17, 1764 â€“ April 20, 1786) was an amateur astronomer. ... 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Abu Said al-Darir al-Jurajani, also spelled Gorgani, was a ninth century Persian mathematician and astronomer from Gorgan, Iran. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... Paul GÃ¶tz was an astronomer. ... Benjamin Apthorp Gould (September 27, 1824 â€“ November 26, 1896) was an American astronomer. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Andrew Graham (April 8, 1815 â€“ November 5, 1908) (born in County Fermanagh, Ireland) was an Irish astronomer/computer. ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Charles Green (1735-January 29, 1771) was a British astronomer, noted for his assignment by the Royal Society in 1768 to the expedition sent to the Pacific Ocean in order to observe the transit of Venus, aboard James Cooks Endeavour. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq... Events April 16 - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ... 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jesse Leonard Greenstein (October 15, 1909 – October 21, 2002) was an American astronomer. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Bengt-Ã…ke Gustafsson, born March 23, 1958 in Karlskoga, Sweden. ... Alan H. Guth (born February 27, 1947) is a physicist and cosmologist. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...

H

Yusuke Hagihara (Japan, 1897 –1979)
George Ellery Hale (USA, 1868 – 1938)
Asaph Hall (USA, 1829 – 1907)
Edmond Halley (England, 1656 – 1742)
Peter Andreas Hansen (December 8, 1795 – March 28, 1874)
Abulfazl Harawi (Persia, 10th century)
Karl Ludwig Harding (Germany, 1765 – 1834)
Thomas Hariot (UK, 1560 – 1621)
Guillermo Haro (Mexico, 1913 – 1988)
Robert G. Harrington (USA)
Robert Sutton Harrington (USA, 1942 – 1993)
William Kenneth Hartmann (USA, 1939 – )
Stephen Hawking (UK, 1942 – )
Will Hay (UK, 1888 - 1949)
Otto Hermann Leopold Heckmann (Germany, 1901 – 1983)
Joseph Helffrich (Germany)
Eleanor Helin (USA)
Maximilian Hell (Austria-Hungary, 1720 – 1792)
Karl Ludwig Hencke (Germany, 1793 – 1866)
Thomas Henderson (Scotland, 1798 – 1844)
Paul Henry (France, 1848 – 1905)
Prosper Henry (France, 1849 – 1903)
George Howard Herbig (USA, 1920 – )
Caroline Herschel (UK, 1750 – 1848)
John Herschel (UK, 1792 – 1871)
William Herschel (UK, 1738 – 1822)
Ejnar Hertzsprung (Denmark, 1873 – 1967)
Johannes Hevelius (Poland, 1611 – 1687)
Antony Hewish (UK, 1924 – )
George William Hill (USA, 1838 – 1914)
John Russell Hind (UK, 1823 – 1895)
Frederick Hinkle (UK, [[]] – [[]])
Hipparchus (Nicaea, circa 190 BC – 120 BC)
Kiyotsugu Hirayama (Japan, 1874 – 1943)
Shin Hirayama (Japan, 1868 – 1945)
Gustave-Adolphe Hirn (France, 1815 – 1890)
Cuno Hoffmeister (Germany, 1892 – 1968)
Dorrit Hoffleit (USA, 1907 – )
Helen Sawyer Hogg (Canada, 1905 – 1993)
Minoru Honda (Japan, 1917 –1990)
Jeremiah Horrocks (UK, c1619 – 1641)
Fred Hoyle (UK, 1915 – 2001)
Edwin Powell Hubble (USA, 1889 – 1953)
William Huggins (UK, 1824 – 1910)
Russell Alan Hulse (USA, 1950 – )
Christiaan Huygens (Netherlands, 1629 – 1695)
Josef Allen Hynek (USA, 1910 – 1986)

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Yusuke Hagihara (萩原雄祐) (1897 – 1979) was a Japanese astronomer. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... George Ellery Hale, Sc. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Asaph Hall (October 15, 1829 – November 22, 1907) was an American astronomer who is most famous for having discovered the moons of Mars (namely Deimos and Phobos) in 1877. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Portrait of Edmond Halley painted around 1687 by Thomas Murray (Royal Society, London) Portrait of Edmond Halley Bust of Edmond Halley in the Museum of the Royal Greenwich Observatory Edmond Halley (sometimes Edmund, November 8, 1656 â€“ January 14, 1742) was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq... // Events Mehmed KÃ¶prÃ¼lÃ¼ becomes Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. ... // Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... Peter Andreas Hansen (December 8, 1795 – March 28, 1874), Danish astronomer, was born at Tondern, in the duchy of Schleswig (now Tønder, Denmark). ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in leap years). ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Abolfadl Harawi, was a 10th century astronomer from Ray, Persia who, along with al-Khujandi, studied under the patronage of the Buyid dynasty. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... Karl Ludwig Harding (September 29, 1765 â€“ August 31, 1834) was a German astronomer notable for having discovered the asteroid 3 Juno. ... 1765 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Thomas Harriot (ca. ... Events February 27 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland The first tulip bulb was brought from Turkey to the Netherlands. ... Events February 9 - Gregory XV is elected pope. ... Dr. Guillermo Haro Professor Guillermo Haro (March 21, 1913 - April 26, 1988) was born in Mexico City where he grew during the time of the Mexican Revolution. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert G. Harrington was an American astronomer who worked at Palomar Observatory. ... Robert Sutton Harrington (October 21, 1942 – January 23, 1993) was an American astronomer who worked at US Naval Observatory. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Dr. William K. Hartmann is a noted planetary scientist, author, and writer, and is currently a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS (born 8 January 1942) is a theoretical physicist. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... William Thompson Hay (December 6, 1888 â€“ April 18, 1949) was a British comedian, actor and amateur astronomer. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Joseph Helffrich was an astronomer. ... Eleanor Francis Helin is an American astronomer, principal investigator of the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) program of NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory. ... Maximilian Hell or Maximilian HÃ¶ll (May 15, 1720 â€“ April 14, 1792) was an astronomer, and also a Jesuit and an ordained priest. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... // Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Karl Ludwig Hencke (April 8, 1793 – September 25, 1866) was a German astronomer. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Thomas James Henderson (December 28, 1798 â€“ November 23, 1844) was an astronomer noted for being the first person to measure the distance to Alpha Centauri, the major component of the nearest stellar system to Earth, and for being the first Astronomer Royal for Scotland. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen of the UK Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification - by... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Paul-Pierre Henry (Paul Henry) (August 21, 1848 – January 4, 1905) and his brother Mathieu-Prosper Henry (Prosper Henry) (December 10, 1849 – July 25, 1903) were French opticians and astronomers. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Paul-Pierre Henry (Paul Henry) (August 21, 1848 – January 4, 1905) and his brother Mathieu-Prosper Henry (Prosper Henry) (December 10, 1849 – July 25, 1903) were French opticians and astronomers. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... George Howard Herbig (born January 2, 1920) is an astronomer at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... Caroline Lucretia Herschel Caroline Lucretia Herschel (March 16, 1750 â€“ January 9, 1848) was a German-born English astronomer. ... Events March 2 - Small earthquake in London, England April 4 - Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 - Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 - Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 â€“ Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway is the first Englishman to use an umbrella James Gray reveals her sex... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Herschel Sir John Frederick William Herschel (7 March 1792 â€“ 11 May 1871) was an English mathematician and astronomer. ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Sir Wilhelm Friedrich Herschel, FRS KH (November 15, 1738 â€“ August 25, 1822) was a German-born British astronomer and composer who became famous for discovering the planet Uranus. ... Events February 4 - Court Jew Joseph Suss Oppenheimer is executed in WÃ¼rttenberg April 15 - Premiere in London of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Ejnar Hertzsprung (October 8, 1873, Copenhagen â€“ October 21, 1967, Roskilde) was a Danish chemist and astronomer. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Johannes Hevelius Johannes Hevelius (Latin), also called (in German) Johann Hewelke or Johannes Hewel, or Jan Heweliusz (Polish), (born January 28, 1611 â€“ died January 28, 1687), was a Polish [[1]], [[2]], [[3]], [[4]], councillor and mayor in GdaÅ„sk. ... Events June 23 - Henry Hudsons crew maroons him, his son and 7 others in a boat November 1 - At Whitehall Palace in London, William Shakespeares romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time. ... Events March 19 - The men under explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle murder him while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River. ... Antony Hewish (born Fowey, Cornwall, May 11, 1924) is a British radio astronomer who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974 (together with fellow radio-astronomer Martin Ryle) for his work on the development of radio aperture synthesis and its role in the discovery of pulsars. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... George William Hill (March 3, 1838 â€“ April 16, 1914), was a U.S. astronomer and mathematician. ... | JÃ¶ns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... John Russell Hind (May 12, 1823 â€“ December 23, 1895) was a British astronomer. ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Hipparchus. ... Iznik (formerly Nicaea) is a city in Anatolia (now part of Turkey) which is known primarily as the site of two major meetings (or Ecumenical councils) in the early history of the Christian church. ... Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC - 190s BC - 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC Years: 195 BC 194 BC 193 BC 192 BC 191 BC - 190 BC - 189 BC 188 BC... Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC - 120s BC - 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC Years: 125 BC 124 BC 123 BC 122 BC 121 BC - 120 BC - 119 BC 118 BC... Kiyotsugu Hirayama (平山清次) (1874–1943) was a Japanese astronomer, best known for his discovery that many asteroid orbits were more similar to one another than chance would allow, leading to the concept of asteroid families, now called Hirayama families in his honour. ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Shin Hirayama (å¹³å±±ä¿¡) (1868â€“1945) was a Japanese astronomer. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... FrÃ©dÃ©ric Bartholdis sculpture of Gustave-Adolphe Hirn in Colmar Gustave-Adolphe Hirn (August 21, 1815 - January 14, 1890) was a French physicist, astronomer. ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... Cuno Hoffmeister (February 2, 1892 - January 2, 1968) was a German astronomer. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Dorrit Hoffleit is a senior research astronomer at Yale University. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg, CC, FRSC (August 1, 1905 â€“ January 28, 1993) was a prolific astronomer noted for her research into globular clusters. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Minoru Honda (本田実) (February 26, 1913 – August 26, 1990) was a Japanese astronomer. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Jeremiah Horrocks (c. ... Events May 13 - Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after having been accused of treason. ... Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ... Sir Fred Hoyle Sir Fred Hoyle (June 24, 1915 in Bingley, Yorkshire â€“ August 20, 2001 in Bournemouth, England) was a British astronomer, notable for a number of his theories that run counter to current astronomical opinion, and a writer of science fiction, including a number of books co-authored by... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Edwin Hubble Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 â€“ September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer, noted for his discovery of galaxies beyond the Milky Way and the cosmological redshift. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... William Huggins Sir William Huggins, OM , FRS (February 7, 1824 â€“ May 12, 1910) was a British astronomer. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Russell Alan Hulse (born November 28, 1950) is an American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, shared with his thesis advisor Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Christiaan Huygens Christiaan Huygens (pronounced in English (IPA): ; in Dutch: )(April 14, 1629â€“July 8, 1695), was a Dutch mathematician and physicist; born in The Hague as the son of Constantijn Huygens. ... Events March 4 - Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter. ... Events January 27 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed II to Mustafa II (1695-1703) July 17 - The Bank of Scotland is founded by an Act of Parliament of the old Scottish Parliament. ... Dr. J. Allen Hynek. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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I Sin (China, 683 – 727)
Icko Iben, Jr. (1931 – )
Kaoru Ikeya (Japan)
Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes (Scotland, South Africa, 1861 – 1933)

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Yi Xing (Yi-xing) (一行) (683 – 727) was a Chinese astronomer and buddhist monk of the Tang Dynasty. ... Events Umayyad caliph Yazid I (680 - 683) succeeded by Muawiya II ibn Yazid (683 - 684) End of the reign of Pacal the Great, ruler of Maya state of Palenque Births Emperor Mommu of Japan Bilge Khan, emperor of the Gokturks I Sin, Chinese astronomer Deaths Pope Leo II Tang Gao... Events Pope Gregory II condemns iconoclasm causing Byzantine Italy to break with the Empire. ... Icko Iben is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Kaoru Ikeya (æ± è°·è–«) is a Japanese astronomer. ... Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes (November 10, 1861 – March 13, 1933) was a Scottish-South African astronomer best known for discovering Proxima Centauri in 1915, and numerous binary stars. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen of the UK Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification - by... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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Cyril V. Jackson (South Africa)
Karl Guthe Jansky (USA, 1905 – 1950)
Pierre Jules César Janssen (France, 1824 – 1907)
James Jeans (UK,1877 – 1946)
Benjamin Jekhowsky (Russia, France, Algeria, 1881 – ?)
Louise Freeland Jenkins (USA, 1888 – 1970)
David Jewitt
Alfred Harrison Joy (USA, 1882 – 1973)

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Cyril V. Jackson (December 5, 1903 â€“ February 1988) was a South African astronomer. ... Karl Guthe Jansky (October 22, 1905 â€“ February 14, 1950), was the American physicist and radio engineer who in 1932 discovered that the Milky Way galaxy emanates radio waves; he did not follow up his discovery, but it marked the birth of radio astronomy. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jules Janssen (1824-1907), French astronomer. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Sir James Hopwood Jeans (born Ormskirk, September 11, 1877, died Dorking, September 16, 1946) was a British physicist, astronomer and mathematician who was the first to propose the theory of continuous creation of matter in the universe. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Benjamin Jekhowsky (Вениамин Павлович Жеховский) (1881 – after 1953) was a Russian-French astronomer, born in Warsaw (at the time, Poland was part of the Russian empire). ... 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Louise Freeland Jenkins (July 5, 1888â€“May 9, 1970) was an American astronomer. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... David C. Jewitt is a Professor of astronomy at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. ... Alfred Harrison Joy (September 23, 1882 – April 18, 1973) was an American astronomer. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

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Franz Kaiser (Germany, 1891 – 1962)
Jacobus Kapteyn (Netherlands, 1851 – 1922)
Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina (Ukraine)
Ghiyath al-Kashi (Persia, 1380 - 1429)
James Edward Keeler (USA, 1857 – 1900)
Muraoka Kenji, (Japan, 1955 – )
Johannes Kepler (Germany, 1571 – 1630)
Omar Khayyám (Persia, 1048 – 1131)
Al-Khujandi (Persia, 10th century)
Khwarizmi, (Persia, 780 – 850)
Kidinnu (Babylon, 4th century BC ; d. 330 BC?)
Hisashi Kimura (Japan, 1870 –1943)
Daniel Kirkwood (1814 – 1895)
Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues (Germany, 1827 – 1884)
Viktor Knorre (Russia, 1840 – 1919)
Takao Kobayashi (Japan)
Luboš Kohoutek (1935 – )
Yuri B. Kolesnik (Russia, 1942 – )
Zdeněk Kopal (Czech Republic, UK, USA, 1914 – 1993)
August Kopff (Germany, 1882 – 1960)
Korado Korlević (Croatia)
Savvas Michael Koushiappas (Cyprus, 1972 – )
Charles T. Kowal (USA, 1940 – )
Robert Kraft
Ľubor Kresák (Slovakia, 1927 – 1994)
Gerard Kuiper (Netherlands, USA, 1905 – 1973)
Yoshio Kushida (Japan, 1957 – )

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Franz Kaiser (1891 – 1962) was a German astronomer. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn, (January 19, 1851 â€“ June 18, 1922) was a Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Lyudmila Georgievna Karachkina (Людмила Георгиевна Карачкина) is a Russian or Ukrainian astronomer. ... Kashani, dubbed, the Second Ptolemy, was an outstanding Persian mathematician of the middle ages. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... Events September 8 - Battle of Kulikovo - Russian forces under Grand Prince Dmitrii Ivanovich defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols (the Golden Horde), stopping their advance at Kulikovo. ... Events January 10 - Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, founds the European Order of the Golden Fleece February 12 - Battle of Rouvray (or of the Herrings). English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the Earl of Suffolks army at Orleans from attack by... James Edward Keeler (September 10, 1857 â€“ August 12, 1900) was an American astronomer. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 â€“ November 15, 1630), a key figure in the scientific revolution, was a German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and an early writer of science fiction stories. ... Events January 11 - Austrian nobility is granted Freedom of religion. ... Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. ... Fictional drawing of Omar KhayyÃ¡m For other people, places or with similar names of Khayam, see Khayyam (disambiguation). ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... Events The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway. ... Events May 9 - Tintern Abbey is founded. ... Abu Mahmud Hamid ibn al-Khidr Al-Khujandi was a Persian astronomer who lived in the late 10th century and helped build an observatory near in what is now Ray, Iran near Tehran. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... Soviet postage stamp commemorating the 1200th anniversary of Muhammad al‑Khwarizmi in 1983. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... Events Constantine VI becomes Byzantine Emperor with Irene as guardian. ... Events April 20 - Guntherus becomes Bishop of Cologne. ... Kidinnu (also Kidunnu) (circa 400 BC â€“ possibly 14 August 330 BC) was a Chaldean astronomer and mathematician. ... , Babylon is the Greek variant of Akkadian Babilu (bÄb-ilÃ», meaning Gateway of ... (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 4th century BC started on January 1, 400 BC and ended on December 31, 301 BC. // Overview Events Bust of Alexander the Great in the British Museum. ... Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC 350s BC 340s BC - 330s BC - 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 335 BC 334 BC 333 BC 332 BC 331 BC - 330 BC - 329 BC 328 BC 327... Hisashi Kimura (木村栄) (1870 – September 26, 1943) was a Japanese astronomer. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Daniel Kirkwood (September 27, 1814 - June 11, 1895) was an American astronomer. ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues (March 29, 1827 – January 28, 1884) was a German astronomer. ... Naval Battle of Navarino by Carneray 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Viktor Knorre (October 4, 1840 – August 25, 1919) was a Russian astronomer of German ethnic origin, son of Karl Friedrich Knorre. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Takao Kobayashi (小林隆男) is a Japanese astronomer. ... LuboÅ¡ Kohoutek (January 29, 1935, ZÃ¡bÅ™eh in Moravia) is a Czech astronomer. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... ZdenÄ›k Kopal (April 4, 1914 â€“ June 23, 1993) was an astronomer who was born and grew up in LitomyÅ¡l, Czech Republic and later spent many decades in England. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... August Kopff (February 5, 1882 â€“ April 25, 1960) was a German astronomer who discovered several comets and asteroids. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Korado KorleviÄ‡ Korado KorleviÄ‡ (born 1958) is a Croatian astronomer. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Charles Thomas Kowal (born November 8, 1940) is an American astronomer. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Robert Paul Bob Kraft (born June 16, 1927) is an American astronomer. ... Ä½ubor KresÃ¡k (1927 â€“ 1994) was a Slovak astronomer. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Gerard Kuiper, circa 1963. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Yoshio Kushida (串田嘉男) is a Japanese astronomer. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (France, 1713 – 1762)
Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (Sweden)
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (France, 1736 – 1813)
Jérôme Lalande (France, 1732 – 1807)
Johann Heinrich Lambert (France, Germany, 1728 – 1777)
Samuel Pierpont Langley (USA, 1834 – 1906)
Pierre-Simon Laplace (France, 1749 – 1827)
William Lassell (UK, 1799 – 1880)
A. Laurent (France)
Henrietta Swan Leavitt (USA, 1868 – 1921)
Typhoon Lee (USA and Taiwan)
Guillaume Le Gentil (France, 1725 – 1792)
Georges Lemaître (Belgium, 1894 – 1966)
Pierre Lemonnier (France, 1715 – 1799)
Armin Leuschner (Germany, 1868 – 1953)
Urbain Le Verrier (France, 1811 – 1877)
David Levy (USA)
Bertil Lindblad (Sweden, 1895 – 1965)
Joseph Johann Littrow (Austria, 1781 – 1840)
Karl L. Littrow (Austria, 1811 – 1877)
Joseph Lockyer (UK, 1836 – 1920)
Maurice Loewy (Austria/France, 1833 – 1907)
Christian Sørensen Longomontanus (Denmark, 1562 – 1647)
Lord Rosse (Ireland, 1800 – 1867)
Percival Lowell (USA, 1855 – 1916)
John William Lubbock (UK, 1803 – 1865)
Knut Lundmark (Sweden, 1889 – 1958)
Robert Luther (Germany, 1822 – 1900)
Jane Luu (USA)
Willem Luyten (1899 – 1994)
Donald Lynden-Bell
Bernard Lyot (France, 1897 – 1952)

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AbbÃ© Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (March 15, 1713 â€“ March 21, 1762) was a French astronomer. ... // Events April 11 - War of the Spanish Succession: Treaty of Utrecht June 23 - French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada first Orrery built by George Graham Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713... 1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist is a Swedish astronomer. ... Joseph-Louis Lagrange Joseph-Louis Lagrange, comte de lEmpire (January 25, 1736 â€“ April 10, 1813; b. ... Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Joseph JÃ©rÃ´me LefranÃ§ais de Lalande (July 11, 1732 â€“ April 4, 1807) was a French astronomer. ... Events February 23 - First performance of Handels Orlando, in London June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Heinrich Lambert Johann Heinrich Lambert (August 26, 1728 – September 25, 1777), was a mathematician, physicist and astronomer. ... Events Astronomical aberration discovered by the astronomer James Bradley Swedish academy of sciences founded at Uppsala The founding of the University of Havana (Universidad de la Habana), Cubas most well-established university. ... 1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Samuel Pierpont Langley. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Events While in debtors prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). ... Naval Battle of Navarino by Carneray 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... William Lassell (June 18, 1799 â€“ October 5, 1880) was a British astronomer, born in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... A. Laurent was a Frenchman who discovered the asteroid 51 Nemausa in 1858. ... Henrietta Swan Leavitt (July 4, 1868 â€“ December 12, 1921) was an American astronomer, as well as being deaf [1] and a Christian [2]. She was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Typhoon Lee is an astrophysicist and geochemist at Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Republic of China, where he specializes in isotope geochemistry and nuclear astrophysics . ... Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean-Baptiste Le Gentil de la Galaisière (September 12, 1725 – October 22, 1792) was a French astronomer. ... Events February 8 - Catherine I became empress of Russia February 20 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony. ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Father Georges-Henri LemaÃ®tre (July 17, 1894 â€“ June 20, 1966) was a Belgian Roman Catholic priest, honorary prelate, professor of physics and a astronomer. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Pierre Charles Le Monnier (November 23, 1715 – May 31, 1799) was a French astronomer. ... // Events July 24 - Spanish treasure fleet of ten ships under admiral Ubilla leave Havana, Cuba for Spain. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Armin Otto Leuschner (January 16, 1868 – April 22, 1953) was an American astronomer. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... Urbain Le Verrier. ... Joyce Rollins is a lesbian. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... David H. Levy (born 1948) is a Canadian astronomer and science writer most famous for his co-discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which collided with the planet Jupiter in 1994. ... Bertil Lindblad (Örebro November 26, 1895 – Saltsjöbaden [outside Stockholm] June 25, 1965) was a Swedish astronomer. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Joseph Johann Littrow (March 13, 1781 – November 30, 1840) was an Austrian astronomer. ... 1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Karl Ludwig von Littrow (July 18, 1811 - November 16, 1877) was an Austrian astronomer. ... Joyce Rollins is a lesbian. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer or Norman Lockyer (May 17, 1836 – August 16, 1920) was an English scientist and astronomer. ... Charles Darwin 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... Maurice (Moritz) Loewy (April 15, 1833 â€“ October 15, 1907) was a French astronomer. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Christian SÃ¸rensen Longomontanus (or Longberg) (October 4, 1562 â€“ October 8, 1647), was a Danish astronomer. ... Events Earliest English slave-trading expedition under John Hawkins. ... // Events March 14 - Thirty Years War: Bavaria, Cologne, France and Sweden sign the Truce of Ulm. ... Lord Rosse William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (June 17, 1800 – October 31, 1867) was an Irish astronomer. ... 1800 (MDCCC) was an exceptional common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Percival observing Mars from the Lowell Observatory. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sir John William Lubbock (March 26, 1803 – June 21, 1865) was an English banker, mathematician and astronomer. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Karl Theodor Robert Luther (April 16, 1822 – February 15, 1900) was a German astronomer who searched for asteroids while working in Düsseldorf. ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... Dr. Jane Luu Dr. Jane Luu (a. ... Willem Jacob Luyten (March 7, 1899 – November 21, 1994) was a Dutch-American astronomer. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Donald Lynden-Bell (born Dover, England April 5, 1935 â€“ ) is a British astrophysicist, best known for his theories that galaxies contain massive black holes at their centre, and that such black holes are the principal source of energy in quasars. ... Bernard Ferdinand Lyot (February 27, 1897 in Paris â€“ April 2, 1952 in Cairo) was a French astronomer. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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Adriaan van Maanen (USA, 1884 – 1946)
George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (UK, c. 1697 – 1764)
Geoff Marcy (USA)
Simon Marius (Germany, 1573 – 1624)
Brian Marsden (USA)
Albert Marth (Germany, 1828 – 1897)
Nevil Maskelyne (UK, 1732 – 1811)
Charles Mason (UK, USA, 1730 – 1787)
Janet Akyüz Mattei (Turkey/USA, 1943 – 2004)
Edward Walter Maunder (UK, 1851 – 1928)
Pierre Louis Maupertuis (France, 1698 – 1759)
Alain Maury (France)
Cornell Mayer (USA, 1922-2005)
Tobias Mayer (Germany, 1723 – 1762)
Christopher McKee (USA, 1942 – )
Robert S. McMillan (USA)
William H. McCrea (UK, 1904 – 1999)
Bruce A. McIntosh (Canada 1929 – )
Pierre Méchain (France, 1744 – 1804)
Thebe Medupe (South Africa)
Karen Jean Meech (USA)
Aden Baker Meinel (USA, 1922 – )
Philibert Jacques Melotte (UK, 1880 – 1961)
Paul Willard Merrill (USA, 1887 – 1961)
Charles Messier (France, 1730 – 1817)
Joel Hastings Metcalf (USA, 1866 – 1925)
Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos (USA, 1947 – 1997)
John Michell (UK, 1724 – 1793)
Elia Millosevich (Italy, 1848 – 1919)
Dan Milosavljevic
Edward Arthur Milne (UK, 1896 – 1950)
Rudolph Minkowski (Germany, 1895 – 1976)
Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert (Belgium, 1893 – 1970)
Maria Mitchell (USA, 1818 – 1889)
August Ferdinand Möbius (Germany, 1790 – 1868)
Samuel Molyneux (UK)
Geminiano Montanari (Italy, 1633 – 1687)
Patrick Moore (UK, 1923 – )
William Wilson Morgan (USA, 1906 – 1994)
Amédée Mouchez (France, 1821 – 1892)
Antonín Mrkos (Czech Republic, 1918 – 1996)
Jean Mueller (USA)
Johannes Müller (Germany, 1436 – 1476)
bin Musa, Ahmad, (Persia, 805 - 873)
bin Musa, Hasan, (Persia, 810 - 873)
bin Musa, Muhammad, (Persia, (800 - 873)
Nils Mustelin (Finland, 1931 – 2004)

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Adriaan Van Maanen (March 31, 1884 – January 26, 1946) was a Dutch-American astronomer. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (c. ... Events September 11 - Battle of Zenta, Prince Eugene of Savoy crushed Ottoman army of Mustafa II September 20 - The Treaty of Ryswick December 2 â€“ St Pauls Cathedral opened in London Peter the Great travels in Europe officially incognito as artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov Use of palanquins increases in Europe Christopher... 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Geoffrey Marcy atop the Astronomy Building at UC Berkeley. ... Simon Marius Simon Marius (January 10, 1573 – December 26, 1624) was a German astronomer. ... Events January - articles of Warsaw Confederation signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland. ... Events January 24 - Alfonso Mendez, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa. ... Brian G. Marsden is an astronomer, the longtime director of the Minor Planet Center. ... Albert Marth (May 5, 1828 – August 5, 1897) was a German astronomer who worked in England and Ireland. ... 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Nevil Maskelyne. ... Events February 23 - First performance of Handels Orlando, in London June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. ... Joyce Rollins is a lesbian. ... Charles Mason (1730â€“1787) was an English astronomer. ... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births April 16 - Henry Clinton, British general (d. ... 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Janet AkyÃ¼z Mattei Janet AkyÃ¼z Mattei (January 2, 1943 â€“ March 22, 2004) was a Turkish-American astronomer and longtime director of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edward Walter Maunder (April 12, 1851 â€“ March 21, 1928) was an English astronomer best remembered for his study of sunspots and the solar magnetic cycle that led to his identification of the period from 1645 to 1715 that is now known as the Maunder Minimum. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Pierre Louis Maupertuis, here wearing lapmudes or a fur coat from his Lapland expedition. ... Events January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. ... 1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Alain J. Maury is a French astronomer. ... Cornell H. Mayer (1922-19 November 2005) was a radio astronomer, who famously was the first to accurately measure the temperature of Venus by measuring the planets thermal radiation. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Johann Tobias Mayer (17 February 1723 - 20 February 1762) was a German astronomer notable for his studies of the Moon. ... Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ... 1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Christopher Fulton McKee (born 1942) is an astrophysicist. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Robert S. McMillan is an astronomer at the University of Arizona, and heads the Spacewatch project, which studies minor planets. ... Sir William Hunter McCrea (13 December 1904 – April 25, 1999) was an astronomer and mathematician. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Pierre FranÃ§ois AndrÃ© MÃ©chain (August 16, 1744 â€“ September 20, 1804) was a French astronomer. ... // Events The third French and Indian War, known as King Georges War, breaks out at Port Royal, Nova Scotia The First Saudi State founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud Prague occupied by Prussian armies Ongoing events War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) Births January 10 - Thomas Mifflin, fifth President... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Dr. Thebe Medupe Dr. Thebe Medupe is a South African astrophysicist and founding director of Astronomy Africa. ... Dr. Karen J. Meech is an astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy in the University of Hawaii. ... Aden B. Meinel is an American astronomer. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Philibert Jacques Melotte (January 29, 1880 – March 30, 1961) was a British astronomer whose parents immigrated from Belgium. ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Paul Willard Merrill (August 15, 1887 – July 19, 1961) was an American astronomer whose specialty was spectroscopy. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Charles Messier Charles Messier (June 26, 1730 â€“ April 12, 1817) was a French astronomer who in 1774 published a catalogue of 45 deep sky objects such as nebulae and star clusters. ... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births April 16 - Henry Clinton, British general (d. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Joel Hastings Metcalf (January 4, 1866 – February 23, 1925) was an American astronomer. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Michell (1724 â€“ April 29, 1793) was an English natural philosopher and geologist, whose work was rediscovered in the 1970s. ... Events January 14 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne February 20 - The premiere of Giulio Cesare, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London June 23 - Treaty of Constantinople signed. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Elia Millosevich (September 9, 1848 – December 5, 1919) was an Italian astronomer. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Edward Arthur Milne (February 14, 1896 – September 21, 1950) was a British mathematician and astrophysicist. ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rudolph Minkowski (born Rudolf Leo Bernhard Minkowski) (May 28, 1895 – January 4, 1976) was a German-American astronomer. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert (February 12, 1893 – October 26, 1970) was a Belgian astronomer. ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Maria Mitchell Maria Mitchell (August 1, 1818 â€“ June 28, 1889) was an American astronomer. ... 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... August Ferdinand MÃ¶bius (November 17, 1790, Schulpforta, Saxony, Germany - September 26, 1868, Leipzig) was a German mathematician and theoretical astronomer. ... 1790 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Geminiano Montanari. ... Events February 13 - Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. ... Events March 19 - The men under explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle murder him while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River. ... Sir Patrick Moore presenting The Sky at Night, October 2005 Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore, CBE, FRS, FRAS (born 4 March 1923) is an amateur astronomer who has attained an important position in British astronomy as a writer, organizer and presenter of the subject. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... William Wilson Morgan (January 3, 1906 – June 21, 1994) was an American astronomer. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... AmÃ©dÃ©e Ernest BarthÃ©lemy Mouchez (August 24, 1821 â€“ June 29, 1892) was a 19th century French naval officer who became director of the Paris Observatory and launched the ill-fated Carte du Ciel project in 1887. ... The coronation banquet for George IV 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... AntonÃn Mrkos (January 27, 1918 â€“ May 29, 1996) was a Czech astronomer. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Jean Mueller is an American astronomer. ... Johannes MÃ¼ller von KÃ¶nigsberg (June 6, 1436 â€“ July 6, 1476), known by his Latin pseudonym Regiomontanus, was an important German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. ... Events April - Paris is recaptured by the French End of the Hussite Wars in Bohemia. ... Events March 2 - Battle of Grandson. ... Ahmed ibn Musa ibn Shakir Banu Musa, also Bani Musa, (805 - 873), was a 9th century Persian mathematician from Baghdad, the middle of the Banu Musa brothers. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... Events Emperor Nicephorus I of Byzantium suffers a major defeat against the Saracens at Crasus. ... Events Viking raid of Dorestad. ... al-Hasan ibn Musa ibn Shakir Banu Musa, also Bani Musa, (810â€“873), was a 9th century Persian mathematician and astronomer who lived in Baghdad. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... Events October 1 - A man with a sword makes an attempt on emperor Nicephorus Is life. ... Events Viking raid of Dorestad. ... Ç¦aâ€˜far Muá¸¥ammad ibn MÅ«sÄ ibn Å Äkir (800 - 873), was a 9th century Persian mathematician and astronomer from Baghdad, the eldest of the Banu Musa brothers. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... Events December 25, Rome, coronation of Charles the Great (Charlemagne) as emperor by Pope Leo III. Celtic monks begin work on the Book of Kells on the Island of Iona. ... Events Viking raid of Dorestad. ... Nils Mustelin (born 11 August 1931 in Turku - died 28 April 2004 in Helsinki) was a Finnish professor of physics, noted astronomer, and popular sceptic. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Naubakht (Persia, d. 776)
Al-fadl ibn Naubakht (Persia, 8th century)
Naburimannu (Babylonia, sometime during 6th century BC and 2nd century BC)
Ahmad Nahavandi (Persia, 7th-8th century)
Syuichi Nakano (Japan)
Grigoriy Nikolaevich Neujmin (Russia, 1886 – 1946)
Gerry Neugebauer
Otto Neugebauer (Germany, USA, 1899 – 1990)
Simon Newcomb (USA, 1835 – 1909)
Isaac Newton (UK, 1643 – 1727)
Seth Barnes Nicholson (USA, 1891 – 1963)
Peter Nilson (Sweden, 1937 – 1998)

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Nobakht Ahvazi (also spelled Naubakht in many a literature) and his sons were Astronomers from Ahvaz in Persia. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... Events Byzantine Emperor Leo IV associates himself with his young son Constantine VI and suppresses an uprising led by his step-brothers. ... Al-fadl ibn Naubakht, (also written Nowbakht), was an 8th century Persian scholar at the court of the Caliph Harun al-Rashid. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... Nabu-ri-man-nu (also spelled Nabu-rimanni; Greek sources called him Nabourianos, Latin Naburianus) (fl. ... Babylonia, named for its capital city, Babylon, was an ancient state in the south part of Mesopotamia (in modern Iraq), combining the territories of Sumer and Akkad. ... (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 6th century BC started on January 1, 600 BC and ended on December 31, 501 BC. // Overview Monument 1, an Olmec colossal head at La Venta The 5th and 6th centuries BC were a time of empires, but more importantly, a... (3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) // Events 175 BCE - Antiochus IV Epiphanes, took possession of the Syrian throne, at the murder of his brother Seleucus IV Philopator, which rightly belonged to his nephew Demetrius I Soter. ... Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Nahavandi was a Persian astronomer of the 7th and 8th centuries. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... Syuichi Nakano (中野主一) is a Japanese astronomer. ... Grigory Nikolaevich Neujmin (January 3, 1886 (Old Style: December 22, 1885) – December 17, 1946) (Russian: Григорий Николаевич Неуймин) was a Russian astronomer. ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... Simon Newcomb. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Sir Isaac Newton, FRS (4 January 1643 â€“ 31 March 1727) [OS: 25 December 1642 â€“ 20 March 1727][1] was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, and natural philosopher, widely regarded as one of the key figures in the history of science. ... // Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. ... Events 1727 to 1800 - Lt. ... Seth Barnes Nicholson (November 12, 1891 – July 2, 1963) was an American astronomer. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Peter Nilson (1937 - 1998) was a Swedish astronomer and novelist. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

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Tarmo Oja (Sweden)
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers (Germany, 1758 – 1840)
Gerard O'Neill (USA,1927 – 1992)
Jan Hendrik Oort (Netherlands, 1900 – 1992)
Friedrich Wilhelm Opelt (Germany, 1794 – 1863)
Ernst Öpik (Estonia, Ireland, 1893 – 1985)
Donald Edward Osterbrock, USA, 1924 – )
Liisi Oterma (Finland, 1915 – 2001)

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Tarmo Oja was a professor in astronomy at Uppsala University who studied galactic structure and variable stars. ... Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers. ... 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gerard Kitchen ONeill (1927 - 1992) was a U.S. physicist and space pioneer. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Jan Hendrik Oort (April 28, 1900 – November 5, 1992) was an internationally famous Dutch astronomer. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ... Ernst Julius Ã–pik (October 23, 1893 â€“ September 10, 1985) was a notable Baltic German Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist, who spent the last part of his career (1948â€“1981) in emigration at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland. ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Donald Edward Osterbrock (born July 13, 1924) is an American astronomer. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Liisi Oterma (IPA: ) (1915 â€“ 2001) was a Finnish astronomer, the first woman to get a Ph. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

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Bohdan Paczynski, (Poland 1940 – )
Ľudmila Pajdušáková (Slovakia, 1916 – 1979)
Johann Palisa, (Austria, 1848 – 1925)
Johann Palitzsch (1723 – 1788)
Anton Pannekoek (Netherlands, 1873 – 1960)
George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (UK, c. 1697 – 1764)
Eugene Parker (USA, 1927 – )
William Parsons, Lord Rosse (Ireland, 1800 – 1867)
André Patry (France, 1902 – 1960)
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (UK USA, 1900 – 1979)
James Peebles (Canada USA, 1935 – )
Leslie Copus Peltier (USA, 1900 – 1980)
Roger Penrose (UK, 1931 – )
Arno Penzias (Germany, 1933 – )
Charles Dillon Perrine (USA, Argentina, 1867 – 1951)
Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin (France, 1845 – 1904)
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (Germany, USA, 1813 – 1890)
George Henry Peters (USA, 1863 – 1947)
Erik V. Petersen (Denmark, 1911 – )
Giuseppe Piazzi (Italy, 1746 – 1826)
Edward Charles Pickering (USA, 1846 – 1919)
William Henry Pickering (USA, 1858 – 1938)
Maynard Pittendreigh (USA, 1954 – )
Philip Plait (USA)
Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana (Italy, 1781 – 1864)
John Stanley Plaskett (Canada, 1865 – 1941)
Norman Robert Pogson, (UK, 1829 – 1891)
Christian Pollas, (France)
John Pond (England, 1767 – 1836)
Jean-Louis Pons (France, 1761 – 1831)
Vladimír Porubčan (Slovakia, 1940 – )
Charles Pritchard (UK, 1808 – 1893)
Richard Proctor (England, 1837 – 1888)
Ptolemy of Alexandria (Roman Egypt, circa 85 – 165)
Pierre Puiseux (France, 1855 – 1928)
Georg Purbach (Germany, 1423 – 1461)
Pythagoras

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Ä½udmila PajduÅ¡Ã¡kovÃ¡ (June 29, 1916 â€“ October 6, 1979) was a Slovak astronomer. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Johann Palisa (December 6, 1848 â€“ May 2, 1925) was an Austrian astronomer, born in Troppau in Austrian Silesia (now in the Czech Republic). ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Categories: 1723 births | 1788 deaths | German astronomers | Astronomers stubs ... Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Anton Pannekoek Anton Pannekoek (January 2, 1873 â€“ April 28, 1960) was a Dutch astronomer and Marxist theorist. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (c. ... Events September 11 - Battle of Zenta, Prince Eugene of Savoy crushed Ottoman army of Mustafa II September 20 - The Treaty of Ryswick December 2 â€“ St Pauls Cathedral opened in London Peter the Great travels in Europe officially incognito as artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov Use of palanquins increases in Europe Christopher... 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Eugene N. Parker (1927 - ) is a solar astrophysicist. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lord Rosse William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (June 17, 1800 – October 31, 1867) was an Irish astronomer. ... 1800 (MDCCC) was an exceptional common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... AndrÃ© Patry (November 22, 1902 â€“ June 20, 1960) was a French astronomer. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (May 10, 1900 – December 7, 1979) was a British-American astronomer. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Philip James Edwin Peebles (born April 25, 1935) is an Canadian-American astronomer. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Leslie Copus Peltier (January 2, 1900 – May 10, 1980) was an American astronomer. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Sir Roger Penrose, OM, FRS (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematical physicist and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Arno Allan Penzias (born April 26, American physicist. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Charles Dillon Perrine (July 28, 1867 â€“ June 21, 1951) was an American-Argentine astronomer. ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin (December 19, 1845 – February 29, 1904) was a French astronomer. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (September 19, 1813 â€“ July 18, 1890) was an American astronomer, and one of the first to discover asteroids. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... Categories: 1863 births | 1947 deaths | American astronomers | Astronomers stubs ... 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Giuseppe Piazzi - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... // Events Catharine de Ricci (born 1522) canonized. ... The oldest surviving photograph, NicÃ©phore NiÃ©pce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Edward Charles Pickering (July 19, 1846 â€“ February 3, 1919) was an American astronomer and physicist, brother of William Henry Pickering. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... William Henry Pickering (February 15, 1858 – January 17, 1938) was an American astronomer, brother of Edward Charles Pickering. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Rev. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Philip Plait, physicist and astronomer Philip Plait (a. ... Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana (November 6, 1781–January 20, 1864) was an Italian astronomer and mathematician. ... 1781 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... John Stanley Plaskett (November 17, 1865 – October 17, 1941) was a Canadian astronomer. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... This article is about the year. ... Norman Robert Pogson (March 23, 1829 â€“ June 23, 1891) was a British astronomer. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Christian Pollas is a French astronomer. ... John Pond (c. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq... 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Darwin 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jean-Louis Pons (December 24, 1761 â€“ October 14, 1831) was a French astronomer. ... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Prof. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Charles Pritchard (February 29, 1808 – May 28, 1893) was a British astronomer. ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Richard Anthony Proctor Richard Anthony Proctor (March 23, 1837 – September 12, 1888), British astronomer, was born at Chelsea. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq... | Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... An artists rendition of Claudius Ptolemaeus This article is about the geographer and astronomer Ptolemy. ... The conquests of Alexander the Great brought Egypt within the orbit of the Greek world for the next 900 years. ... Events Roman Empire Dacians under Decebalus engaged in two wars against the Romans from this year to AD 88 or 89. ... Events Roman operations under Avidius Cassius was successful against Parthia, capturing Artaxata, Seleucia, and Ctesiphon. ... Pierre Henri Puiseux (July 20, 1855 â€“ September 28, 1928) was a French astronomer. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Georg Purbach (also Georg von Peuerbach, Peurbach, Purbach, Purbachius, his real surname is unknown) (born May 30, 1423 in Purbach near Linzâ€“ April 8, 1461 in Vienna) was an Austrian astronomer/astrologer and mathematician. ... Events July 31 - Hundred Years War: Battle of Cravant - The French army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne. ... Events February 2 - Battle of Mortimers Cross - Yorkist troops led by Edward, Duke of York defeat Lancastrians under Owen Tudor and his son Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke in Wales. ... Pythagoras of Samos (Greek: Î Ï…Î¸Î±Î³ÏŒÏÎ±Ï‚; approx. ...

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Adolphe Quetelet (Belgium, 1796 – 1874)

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Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quételet (February 22, 1796 - 1874) was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist. ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

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David Lincoln Rabinowitz (USA, 1960 – )
Samuel Ramsden (UK)
Pavla Ranzinger (Slovenia)
Grote Reber (USA, 1911 – 2002)
Martin Rees (UK, 1942 – )
Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller) (Germany, 1436 – 1476)
Erasmus Reinhold (Prussia, Germany, 1511 – 1553)
Karl Reinmuth (Germany, 1892 – 1979)
Giovanni Battista Riccioli (Italy, 1598 – 1671)
Jean Richer (France, 1630 – 1696)
Fernand Rigaux (Belgium)
Elizabeth Roemer (USA, 1929 – )
Jim Rolff (United States , 1983 – )
Ole Christensen Rømer (Denmark, 1644 – 1710)
Otto A. Rosenberger (Germany, 1800 – 1890)
Lord Rosse (Ireland, 1800 – 1867)
Bruno Rossi (Italy, 1905 – 1993)
Vera Rubin (USA, 1928 – )
Henry Norris Russell (USA, 1877 – 1957)
Martin Ryle (UK, 1918 – 1984)

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David Lincoln Rabinowitz (born 1960) is a researcher at Yale University studying the Kuiper belt and the outer solar system. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Grote Reber (December 22, 1911 â€“ December 20, 2002) was one of the pioneers of radio astronomy. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Right Honourable Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, FRS (born 23 June 1942) is a professor of astronomy. ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Johannes MÃ¼ller von KÃ¶nigsberg (June 6, 1436 â€“ July 6, 1476), known by his Latin pseudonym Regiomontanus, was an important German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. ... Events April - Paris is recaptured by the French End of the Hussite Wars in Bohemia. ... Events March 2 - Battle of Grandson. ... Erasmus Reinhold (October 22, 1511 – February 19, 1553) was a German astronomer and mathematician. ... Royal and Ducal Prussia in the second half of 16th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with its major subdivisions as of 1619, superimposed on present-day national borders Ducal Prussia, or the Duchy of Prussia (German: ; Polish: ), was a duchy established in 1525 in the eastern part of Prussia, as western... 1511 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events June 26 - Christs Hospital in London gets a Royal Charter July 6 - Edward VI of England dies July 10 - Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England - for the next nine days July 18 - Lord Mayor of London proclaims Queen Mary as the rightful Queen - Lady Jane Grey... Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (April 4, 1892 – May 6, 1979) was a German astronomer. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Giovanni Battista Riccioli (b. ... Events January 7 - Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I. April 13 - Edict of Nantes - Henry IV of France grants French Huguenots equal rights with Catholics. ... Events May 9 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. ... Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. ... The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ... Fernand Rigaux was a Belgian astronomer. ... Elizabeth Roemer (born 1929) is an American astronomer whose research interests center on comets and asteroids. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ole RÃ¸mer. ... // Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... // Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ... 1800 (MDCCC) was an exceptional common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... Lord Rosse William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (June 17, 1800 – October 31, 1867) was an Irish astronomer. ... 1800 (MDCCC) was an exceptional common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Bruno Rossi was a leading Italian astrophysicist who worked on x-ray astronomy and space plasma physics. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Vera (Cooper) Rubin (born 23 July 1928) is an astronomer who has done pioneering work on galaxy rotation rates. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Henry Norris Russell (October 25, 1877 â€“ February 18, 1957) was a US astronomer who, along with Ejnar Hertzsprung, developed the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (1910). ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Martin Ryle (September 27, 1918 – October 14, 1984) was a British radio astronomer who developed revolutionary radio telescope systems (see e. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Sir Edward Sabine (UK, 1788 – 1883)
Carl Edward Sagan (USA, 1934 – 1996)
Edwin Ernest Salpeter (Austria, Australia, USA, 1924 – )
Allan Rex Sandage (1926 – )
Wallace Leslie William Sargent
Alexandre Schaumasse (France, 1882 – 1958)
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (Italy, 1835 – 1910)
Frank Schlesinger (USA, 1871 – 1943)
Bernhard Schmidt (Estonia, Sweden, Germany, 1879 – 1935)
Maarten Schmidt (1929 – )
Johann Hieronymus Schröter (Germany, 1745 – 1816)
Lipót Schulhof (Hungary, 1847 – 1921)
Heinrich Christian Schumacher (Germany, 1780 – 1850)
Hans-Emil Schuster (Germany, 1934 – )
Samuel Heinrich Schwabe (Germany, 1789 – 1875)
Karl Schwarzschild (Germany, 1873 – 1916)
Martin Schwarzschild (Germany, USA, 1912 – 1997)
Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (Germany, 1870 – 1964)
Ruby Payne Scott (Australia, 1912 – 1981)
James Vernon Scotti (USA, 1960 – )
Frederick Hanley Seares (USA, 1873 – 1964)
George Mary Searle (USA, 1839 – 1918)
Angelo Secchi (Italy, 1818 – 1878)
Waltraut Seitter (Germany)
Tsutomu Seki (Japan, 1930 – )
Carl Keenan Seyfert (USA, 1911 – 1960)
Grigory Abramovich Shajn (Russia, 1892 – 1956)
Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn (Russia, 1894 – 1956)
Harlow Shapley (USA, 1885 – 1972)
Richard Sheepshanks (UK, 1794 – 1855)
Qutb eddin Shirazi (Persia)
Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky (Russia, 1916 – 1985)
Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker (USA, 1929 – )
Eugene Merle Shoemaker (USA, 1928 – 1997)
Charlotte Moore Sitterly (USA, 1898 – 1990)
Brian A. Skiff (USA)
John Francis Skjellerup (Australia, South Africa, 1875 – 1952)
Charles D. Slaughter (USA)
Vesto Melvin Slipher (USA, 1875 – 1969)
Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova (Russia, 1918 – )
William Henry Smyth (UK, 1788 – 1865)
Nina A. Solovaya (Russia, 1940 – )
Mary Fairfax Somerville (UK, 1780 – 1872)
Sir James South (UK, (1785 – 1867)
Sir Harold Spencer Jones (UK, 1890 – 1960)
Lyman Spitzer (USA, 1914 – 1997)
Friederich Wilhelm Gustav Spörer (Germany, 1822 – 1895)
Link Starbureiy, (USA)
Anton Staus (Germany, 1872 – 1955)
Joel Stebbins, (USA, 1878 – 1966)
Karl August von Steinheil, (Germany, 1801 – 1870)
Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan, (France, 1837 – 1923)
David J. Stevenson, (New Zealand, 1948 – )
Edward James Stone, (1831 – 1897)
F.J.M. Stratton (UK, 1881 – 1960)
Bengt Georg Daniel Strömgren, (Denmark, 1908 – 1987)
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm (von) Struve (Germany, Russia, 1793 – 1864)
Karl Hermann Struve (Russia, Germany, 1854 – 1920)
Gustav Wilhelm Ludwig Struve (Russia, 1858 – 1920)
Otto Struve (Russia, USA, 1897 – 1963)
Otto Wilhelm (von) Struve (Russia, 1819 – 1905)
Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi (Persia, 903 – 986)
Rashid Alievich Sunyaev (Uzbekistan Russia Germany, 1943 – )
Lewis A. Swift (USA, 1820 – 1913)
Frédéric Sy (France)

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Sir Edward Sabine (October 14, 1788 â€“ May 26, 1883) was an Irish astronomer, scientist, ornithologist and explorer. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A respected astronomer and dogged critic of pseudoscience, Carl Sagan is best known for his enthusiastic efforts at popularizing science. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Edwin Ernest Salpeter (born December 3, 1924) is an Austrian-Australian-American astronomer. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Allan Rex Sandage (Born June 18, 1926) is an American astronomer. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wallace Leslie William Sargent (February 15, 1935 – ) is an American astronomer. ... Alexandre Schaumasse (1882 â€“ 1958) was a French astronomer. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (March 14, 1835 – July 4, 1910) was an Italian astronomer. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Frank Schlesinger (May 11, 1871 – July 10, 1943) was an American astronomer. ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Bernhard Schmidt (March 30, 1879â€“December 1, 1935) was an Estonian-born optician who lived in Germany. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Maarten Schmidt (born December 28, 1929) is a Dutch astronomer who measured the distances of astronomical objects called quasars. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Johann Hieronymus SchrÃ¶ter (August 30, 1745 â€“ August 29, 1816) was a German astronomer. ... // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 â€“ Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... LipÃ³t Schulhof (March 12, 1847 â€“ October, 1921) (or, as written in Hungarian, Schulhof LipÃ³t) was a Hungarian astronomer (from what was at the time Austria-Hungary). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Heinrich Christian Schumacher. ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Hans-Emil Schuster (born September 19, 1934 in Hamburg) is a German astronomer (retired since October 1991). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Samuel Heinrich Schwabe (October 25, 1789–April 11, 1875) was a German astronomer. ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Karl Schwarzschild (October 9, 1873 - May 11, 1916) was a noted German Jewish physicist and astronomer, father of astrophysicist Martin Schwarzschild. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Martin Schwarzschild (May 31, 1912 – April 10, 1997) was a German-American astronomer. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (March 25, 1870 – January 19, 1964) was a German astronomer). ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... James Vernon Scotti (1960 – ) is an American astronomer. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Frederick Hanley Seares (May 17, 1873 – July 20, 1964) was an American astronomer. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Rev. ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Pietro Angelo Secchi (1818â€“1878) was an Italian astronomer. ... 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Tsutomu Seki (é–¢å‹‰) (born November 3, 1930) is a Japanese astronomer, born in Kochi, Japan. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... Carl Keenan Seyfert (February 11, 1911 – June 13, 1960) was an American astronomer. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Grigory Abramovich Shajn (Григорий Абрамович Шайн) (April 19, 1892 – August 4, 1956) was a Russian astronomer. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pelageya Fedorovna Shajn née Sannikova (Пелагея Фёдоровна Шайн) (1894 – August 27, 1956) was a Russian astronomer. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harlow Shapley in his earlier years. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Richard Sheepshanks (July 30, 1794 – July 29 or August 4, 1855) was a British astronomer. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Photo taken from medieval manuscript by Qotbeddin Shirazi. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky (Ð˜Ð¾ÌÑÐ¸Ñ„ Ð¡Ð°Ð¼ÑƒÐ¸ÌÐ»Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð¨ÐºÐ»Ð¾ÌÐ²ÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹) (July 1, 1916 â€“ March 3, 1985) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer and astrophysicist. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker (born 1929) is a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and wife to Eugene Shoemaker. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Eugene Shoemaker at a stereoscopic microscope used for asteroid discovery Eugene Merle Shoemaker (or Gene Shoemaker) (April 28, 1928 â€“ July 18, 1997) was one of the founders of the fields of planetary science and is best known for co-discovering the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with his wife Carolyn Shoemaker... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Charlotte Emma Moore Sitterly (September 24, 1898 – March 3, 1990) was an American astronomer. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... Brian A. Skiff is an American astronomer. ... John Francis Skjellerup (May 16, 1875 – January 6, 1952) was an Australian who spent about a decade working as a telegraphist in South Africa, and was an astronomer. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Vesto Melvin Slipher (November 11, 1875 – November 8, 1969) was an American astronomer. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova (Ð¢Ð°Ð¼Ð°Ñ€Ð° ÐœÐ¸Ñ…Ð°Ð¹Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð½Ð° Ð¡Ð¼Ð¸Ñ€Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð°) (born December 25, 1918) is a Russian (former Soviet) astronomer. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... William Henry Smyth (January 21, 1788 â€“ September 9, 1865) was a British astronomer. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Mary Somerville Mary Somerville (December 26, 1780 – November 28, 1872) was a British scientific writer. ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Sir James South (October 1785 – October 19, 1867) was a British astronomer. ... 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Sir Harold Spencer Jones (March 29, 1890 â€“ November 3, 1960) was a British astronomer. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Lyman Spitzer Lyman Spitzer, Jr. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Friederich Wilhelm Gustav SpÃ¶rer (October 23, 1822 â€“ July 7, 1895) was a German astronomer. ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Anton Staus (September 5, 1872 – July 21, 1955) was a German astronomer. ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Joel Stebbins (July 30, 1878 – March 16, 1966) was an American astronomer who pioneered photoelectric photometry in astronomy. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Carl August von Steinheil was a French physicist who is known for several different inventions. ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Ã‰douard Jean-Marie Stephan (August 31, 1837 â€“ December 31, 1923) was a French astronomer. ... | Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... David J. Stevenson (September 2, 1948-) is a professor of planetary science at Caltech. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Edward James Stone (February 28, 1831 – May 6, 1897) was a British astronomer. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Frederick John Marrian Stratton FRS (16 October 1881 â€“ 2 September 1960) was a British astrophysicist and Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge from 1928 to 1947. ... 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Bengt Georg Daniel StrÃ¶mgren (January 21, 1908 â€“ July 4, 1987) was a Danish astronomer and astrophysicist. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793-1864) Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (Russian: Vasily Yakovlevich Struve) (April 15, 1793 â€“ November 23, 1864 (Julian calendar: November 11)) was a Baltic-German astronomer from a famous dynasty of astronomers. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Karl Hermann Struve (October 3, 1854 – August 12, 1920) was a German astronomer born in Russia, part of the famous Struve family of astronomers. ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... Gustav Wilhelm Ludwig Struve (November 1, 1858 – November 4, 1920) was a Russian astronomer, part of the famous Struve family of astronomers. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... Otto Struve (August 12, 1897 - April 6, 1963) was a Russian-American astronomer. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Otto Wilhelm von Struve (May 7, 1819 (Julian calendar: April 25), in Dorpat [now Tartu, Estonia ] â€“ April 14, 1905, Karlsruhe, Germany) was a Russian astronomer of German ethnic origin. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Al Sufi from The Depiction of Celestial Constellations. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... Events Vikings invade England. ... Events March 2 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks End of the reign of Emperor Kazan of Japan Emperor Ichijo ascends to the throne of Japan Explorer Bjarni Herjólfsson becomes the first inhabitant of the Old World to sight North America Births Deaths March 2 - Lothair, King of... Rashid Alievich Sunyaev (Рашид Суняев) was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on March 1, 1943 and educated at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Moscow University. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Lewis A. Swift (February 29, 1820 – January 5, 1913) was an American astronomer. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... FrÃ©dÃ©ric Sy was a French astronomer. ...

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Atsushi Takahashi (Japan)
Gonzalo Tancredi (Uruguay, 1963 – )
Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (USA, 1941 – )
Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel, (Germany, 1821 – 1889)
Thabit ibn Qurra (Iraq, 826 – 901)
Thorvald Nicolai Thiele (Denmark, 1838 – 1910)
Norman G. Thomas (USA)
John M. Thome (1843 – 1908)
Kip Stephen Thorne (USA, 1940 – )
Friedrich Tietjen (Germany, 1834 – 1895)
Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley (USA, 1941 – 1981)
François Félix Tisserand (France, 1845 – 1896)
Johann Daniel Titius (Germany, 1729 – 1796)
Clyde W. Tombaugh (USA, 1906 – 1997)
Richard Tousey (USA, 1908 – 1997)
Virginia Trimble (USA)
Chad Trujillo (USA)
Robert Julius Trumpler (USA, 1886 – 1956)
R. Brent Tully (USA)
Herbert Hall Turner (England, 1861 – 1930)
Nasir al-Din Tusi (Persia, 1201-1274)
Horace Parnell Tuttle (USA, 1839 – 1923)

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Atsushi Takahashi (高橋篤史) is a Japanese astronomer. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Joseph H. Taylor, Jr. ... This article is about the year. ... Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel (December 4, 1821 â€“ March 16, 1889) was a German astronomer who worked in Marseille until the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, then later moved to Italy. ... The coronation banquet for George IV 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Abul Hasan Thabit ibn Qurra ibn Marwan al-Sabi al-Harrani, (826 â€“ February 18, 901) was an Arab astronomer and mathematician. ... Events The Danish king accepts Christianity. ... Events Mesoamerican ballgame court dedicated at Uxmal Kingdom of Taebong established in Korean peninsula Fuzhou city was expanded with construction of a new city wall (Luo City). Births Deaths February 18 - Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician Categories: 901 ... Thorvald Nicolai Thiele (December 24, 1838 – September 26, 1910) was a Danish astronomer, actuary, and mathematician, most notable for his work in statistics, interpolation, and the three-body problem. ... | JÃ¶ns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Norman G. Thomas is or was an American astronomer. ... John Macon Thome (August 22, 1843 – September 27, 1908) was an American-Argentine astronomer. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kip S. Thorne Kip Stephen Thorne (born June 1, 1940) is an American theoretical physicist, known for his prolific contributions in the field of gravitation physics and astrophysics. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Friedrich Tietjen (1834 – 1895) was a German astronomer. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Beatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley (1941 - March 23, 1981) was an astronomer and cosmologist whose research made fundamental contributions to our understanding of how galaxies evolve with time. ... This article is about the year. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... FranÃ§ois FÃ©lix Tisserand (January 13, 1845 - October 20, 1896) was a French astronomer. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Daniel Titius. ... Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... An image of Clyde Tombaugh Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 â€“ January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer who discovered the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Tousey (May 18, 1908 – April 15, 1997) was an American astronomer. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Virginia Trimble is an astronomer specializing in the structure and evolution of stars and galaxies, and the history of astronomy. ... Chadwick A. Chad Trujillo (born November 22, 1973) is a postdoctoral scholar at Caltech researching the Kuiper belt and the outer solar system. ... Robert Julius Trumpler (October 2, 1886 â€“ September 10, 1956) was a Swiss-American astronomer. ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... R. Brent Tully is an astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy in Honolulu, Hawaii. ... Herbert Hall Turner (August 13, 1861 â€“ August 20, 1930) was a British astronomer and seismologist. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... Nasir Tusi Abu Jafar Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Hasan Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201â€“1274) was a Persian scientist, of Shia Islamic belief, born in Tus, Khorasan, Iran. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... // Events The town of Riga was chartered as a city. ... Events May 7 - In France the Second Council of Lyons opens to consider the condition of the Holy Land and to agree to a union with the Byzantine church. ... Horace Parnell Tuttle (March 24, 1839 - August 1923) was an American astronomer, and brother of Charles Wesley Tuttle. ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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Ulugh Beg (Persia, 1394 – 1449)
Albrecht Unsöld (Germany, 1905 – 1995)
Mu’ayyad al-Din al-’Urdi (worked in Maragha observatory, Persia)

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Ulugh Beg, here depicted on a Soviet stamp, was one of Islams greatest astronomers during the Middle Ages. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... // Events Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, travels with King Richard II of England to Ireland. ... Events January 6 - Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor. ... Albrecht Otto Johannes UnsÃ¶ld (April 20, 1905 â€“ September 23, 1995) was a German astronomer. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Muâ€™ayyad al-Din al-â€™Urdi was one of the astronomers of the Maragha observatory in Persia. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ...

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Yrjö Väisälä (Finland, 1891 – 1971)
Benjamin Valz (France, 1787 – 1867)
James Van Allen (USA, 1914 – )
George Van Biesbroeck (Belgium, USA, 1880 – 1974)
Hendrik Christoffel van de Hulst (Netherlands, 1918 – 2000)
Peter van de Kamp (USA, 1901 – 1995)
Sidney van den Bergh (Canada, 1929 – )
Hendrik Van Gent (Netherlands, South Africa, (1900 – March 29, 1947)
Cornelis Johannes van Houten (Netherlands, 1920 – August 24, 2002)
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (Netherlands)
Zdeňka Vávrová (Czech Republic or Slovakia)
Philippe Véron (France, 1939 – )
Frank Washington Very (USA, 1852 – 1927)
Yvon Villarceau (France, 1813 – 1883)
Julie Vinter Hansen (Denmark), 1890 – 1960)
Hermann Carl Vogel (Germany, 1841 – 1907)
Joseph von Fraunhofer (Germany, 1787 – 1826)
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (Germany, Russia, 1793 – 1864)
Otto Wilhelm von Struve (Russia, 1819 – 1905)
Karl von Weizsäcker (Germany, 1912 – )
Alexander N. Vyssotsky (Russia USA, 1888 – 1973 )
Emma Vyssotsky (USA, 1894 – 1975)

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YrjÃ¶ VÃ¤isÃ¤lÃ¤ (IPA: ) (September 6, 1891 - July 21, 1971) was a Finnish astronomer and physicist. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Jean Elias Benjamin Valz (May 27, 1787 â€“ April 22, 1867) was a French astronomer. ... 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... James Van Allen at National Air & Space Museum (NASM), 1981, Photo courtesy of NASM. Explorer I model and Pioneer H probe in background James Alfred Van Allen (September 7, 1914 â€“ August 9, 2006) was an American space scientist at the University of Iowa. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... George A. Van Biesbroeck (or Georges-Achille Van Biesbroeck) (January 21, 1880 – February 23, 1974) was a Belgian-American astronomer. ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Hendrik Christoffel van de Hulst (November 19, 1918 â€“ July 31, 2000) was a Dutch astronomer. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Piet van de Kamp (December 26, 1901 â€“ May 18, 1995), known as Peter van de Kamp in the United States, was a Dutch-American astronomer. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sidney van den Bergh (born 1929) is a Canadian astronomer. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hendrik Van Gent (1900 – March 29, 1947) was a Dutch astronomer. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920 – August 24, 2002) was a Dutch astronomer. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld is a Dutch astronomer. ... ZdeÅˆka VÃ¡vrovÃ¡ is a Czech astronomer. ... Philippe VÃ©ron is a French astronomer. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Frank Washington Very (1852 â€“ November 23, 1927) was a U.S. astronomer. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Antoine-Joseph Yvon Villarceau (1813 â€“ 1883) was a French astronomer, mathematician, and engineer. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Julie Marie Vinter Hansen was a Danish astronomer. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Hermann Carl Vogel (April 3, 1841 – August 13, 1907) was a German astronomer. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Joseph von Fraunhofer Joseph von Fraunhofer (March 6, 1787 â€“ June 7, 1826) was a German physicist. ... 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The oldest surviving photograph, NicÃ©phore NiÃ©pce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793-1864) Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (Russian: Vasily Yakovlevich Struve) (April 15, 1793 â€“ November 23, 1864 (Julian calendar: November 11)) was a Baltic-German astronomer from a famous dynasty of astronomers. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Otto Wilhelm von Struve (May 7, 1819 (Julian calendar: April 25), in Dorpat [now Tartu, Estonia ] â€“ April 14, 1905, Karlsruhe, Germany) was a Russian astronomer of German ethnic origin. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Carl Friedrich von WeizsÃ¤cker (born 28 June 1912) is a German physicist. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Alexander N. Vyssotsky (born May 23, 1888 in Moscow, Russia; died December 31, 1973 in Winter Park, Florida) was an astronomer. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Emma T.R. Williams Vyssotsky was an American astronomer. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

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Arno Arthur Wachmann (Germany, 1902 – 1990)
Abul Wáfa (Persia, 940 – 997-8)
Walcher of Malvern (England, d. 1135)
George Wallerstein (1930 – )
Qingde Wang (USA, China)
James Craig Watson (USA, 1838 – 1880)
Thomas William Webb (UK, 1807 – 1885)
Risa H. Wechsler (USA 1975 – )
Alfred Lothar Wegener (Germany, 1880 – 1930), astronomer, geologist, meteorologist
Godefroy Wendelin (Belgium, 1580 – 1667)
Richard M. West (Denmark, 1942 – )
J. G. Westphal (Germany)
Johann Heinrich Westphal (Germany, Italy, 1794 – 1831)
George Wetherill
John Archibald Wheeler (USA, 1911 – )
Fred Lawrence Whipple (USA, 1906 – 2004)
Albert Whitford (USA, 1905 – 2002)
Chandra Wickramasinghe (UK, 1939 – )
Paul Wild (Switzerland)
Olin C. Wilson (USA, 1909 – 1994)
Robert Wilson (USA, 1936 – )
John Winthrop (Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1714 – 1779)
Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (Germany, 1835 – 1897)
Carl Wirtanen (USA, 1910 – 1990)
Jack Wisdom (USA)
Gustav Witt (Germany, 1866 – 1946)
Maximilian Wolf (Germany, 1863 – 1932)
Aleksander Wolszczan (Poland, 1946 – )
Richard van der Riet Woolley (UK, 1906 – 1986)
Thomas Wright (UK, 1711 – 1786)

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Arno Arthur Wachmann (March 8, 1902 â€“ July 24, 1990) was a German astronomer. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... Abul Wafa Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Yahya Ibn Ismail Buzjani (940 â€“ 997 or 998) was a Persian mathematician and astronomer. ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau (IrÄn - Land of the Aryans) and beyond. ... Events Births Brian Boru, high king of Ireland Abul-Wafa, iranian mathematician Deaths ar-Radi (Caliph of Baghdad) Athelstan, who was succeeded by his half-brother, Edmund Categories: 940 ... Events City of Gdansk is founded Saint Adalbert of Prague is sent to Prussia by Boleslaus I of Poland Samuil of Bulgaria crowned Tsar by Pope Gregory V The town of Trondheim is founded. ... Also known as Walcher of Lorraine or Doctor Walcher. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... Qingde Daniel Wang (王青德) is an associate professor of astronomy at the University of Massachusetts. ... James Craig Watson (January 28, 1838 – November 22, 1880) was a Canadian-American astronomer born in the village of Fingal in Ontario, Canada. ... | JÃ¶ns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Reverend Thomas William Webb (December 14, 1807 â€“ May 19, 1885) was a British astronomer. ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Alfred Wegeners theory of continental drift was widely ridiculed in his day. ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... Godefroy Wendelin (June 6, 1580 – 1667) or Vendelin was a Belgian astronomer. ... Events March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. ... // Events January 20 - Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power. ... Richard Martin West (born 1941) is a Danish astronomer working at the European Southern Observatory (ESO). ... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... J. G. Westphal was a German astronomer. ... Johann Heinrich Westphal (January 31, 1794 – 1831) was a German astronomer. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... George Wetherill is the Director Emeritus, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, DC, USA. George Wetherill benefited from the GI Bill of Rights to receive four degrees, the Ph. ... John Archibald Wheeler (born July 9, 1911) is an eminent American theoretical physicist. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Fred Lawrence Whipple (November 5, 1906 â€“ August 30, 2004) was an American astronomer. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Albert Edward Whitford (October 22, 1905 â€“ March 28, 2002) was an American astronomer. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe (1939-) is professor of Applied Mathematics and Astronomy at Cardiff University; Director of Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Prof. ... Olin Chaddock Wilson (January 13, 1909 – July 13, 1994) was an American astronomer. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Robert Woodrow Wilson Robert Woodrow Wilson (born January 10, 1936) is an American physicist. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Winthrop (December 19, 1714 â€“ May 3, 1779) (not to be confused with his great-great-great-grandfather John Winthrop, founder of the Massachusetts Bay colony) was the 2nd Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Harvard College. ... The Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called the Massachusetts Bay Company, for the institution that founded it) was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, centered around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston. ... Battle of Gangut, by Maurice Baquoi, 1724-27. ... 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (February 5, 1835 â€“ December 3, 1897) was a German astronomer. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Carl Alvar Wirtanen (1910 – 1990) was an American astronomer who worked at Lick Observatory. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Jack Wisdom is a Professor of Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ... Carl Gustav Witt (October 29, 1866 – January 3, 1946) was a German astronomer. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (June 21, 1863 – October 3, 1932) was a German astronomer. ... 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Aleksander Wolszczan (b. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley (April 24, 1906 â€“ December 24, 1986) was a British astronomer. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also : Thomas Wright (disambiguation) Categories: Stub | 1711 births | 1786 deaths | British astronomers ... // Events February 24 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Y

Issei Yamamoto (Japan, 1889 – 1959)
Charles Augustus Young (USA, 1834 – 1908)
James Whitney Young (USA, 1941 – )

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Issei Yamamoto (å±±æœ¬ä¸€æ¸…) (1889â€“1959) was a Japanese astronomer. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Charles Augustus Young (December 15, 1834 – January 3, 1908) was an American astronomer. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... James Whitney Young (January 24, 1941) was born in Portland, Oregon, and is currently the resident astronomer of the Jet Propulsion Laboratorys Table Mountain Observatory (TMO) near Wrightwood, California having been with them for nearly 44 years. ... This article is about the year. ...

Z

Franz Xaver von Zach (Germany, 1753 – 1832)
Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich (USSR, 1914 – 1987)
Andrew Ronald Zentner (USA, 1976 – )
Zhang Daqing (China, 1969 – )
Zhang Heng (78 – 139)
Zhang Yuzhe (China, 1902 – 1986)
Lyudmila Vasil'evna Zhuravleva (Russia/Ukraine, ? – )
Zu Chongzhi, (425 – 500)
Fritz Zwicky (Switzerland, USA, 1898 – 1974)

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Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach Baron Franz Xaver von Zach (Franz Xaver Freiherr von Zach) (June 4, 1754 - September 2, 1832) was an Austrian astronomer born at Bratislava. ... 1753 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich (Russian:Ð¯ÐºÐ¾Ð² Ð‘Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸ÑÐ¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð—ÐµÐ»ÑŒÐ´Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡) (March 8, 1914 â€“ December 2, 1987) was a prolific Soviet physicist. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Zhang Daqing (张大庆) (born October 23, 1969) is a Chinese astronomer. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... ZhÄng HÃ©ng Replica of Zhang Hengs seismometer Houfeng Didong Yi For other uses, see Zhang Heng (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see number 78. ... Events Births Deaths Zhang Heng, Chinese mathematician Categories: 139 ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lyudmila Vasilevna Zhuravleva (Людмила Васильевна Журавлёва) is a Russian or Ukrainian astronomer. ... Zu Chongzhi (祖冲之, pinyin Zǔ Chōngzhī, Wade-Giles Tsu Chung-chih) (429-500) was a Chinese mathematician and astronomer during the Song and Qi Dynasties (of the Southern Dynasties). ... Events October 23 -Valentinian III becomes western Roman emperor. ... Events Possible date for the Battle of Mons Badonicus: Romano-British and Celts defeat an Anglo-Saxon army that may have been led by the bretwalda Aelle of Sussex (approximate date; suggested dates range from 490 to 510) Note: This battle may have influenced the legend of King Arthur. ... Fritz Zwicky (February 14, 1898 â€“ February 8, 1974) was an American-based Swiss astronomer. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Others

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Other scientists whose work had an impact on astronomy and astrophysics

Hans Bethe (physicist) (1906 – 2005)
Niels Bohr (physicist) (1885 – 1962)
Freeman Dyson (physicist) (1923 – )
Albert Einstein (physicist) (1879 – 1955)
Savvas M. Koushiappas (physicist) (Cyprus, 1971 – )
James Clerk Maxwell (physicist) (United Kingdom, 1831 – 1879)
Louis E. Strigari (physicist) (USA, 1977 – )
Thomas Young (physicist) (United Kingdom, 1773 – 1829)
Andrew R. Zentner (physicist) (USA, 1976 – )

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// strators.2C_etc." id="Instrument_makers.2C_illustrators.2C_etc."> Hans Albrecht Bethe (pronounced bay-tuh; July 2, 1906 â€“ March 6, 2005), was a German-American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1967 for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Niels (Henrik David) Bohr (October 7, 1885 â€“ November 18, 1962) was a Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Freeman Dyson in San Francisco in 2005 (Photo: Jacob Appelbaum) Freeman John Dyson (born December 15, 1923) is an English-born American physicist and mathematician, famous for his work in quantum mechanics, nuclear weapons design and policy, and for his serious theorizing in futurism and science fiction concepts, including the... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Einstein redirects here. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... James Clerk Maxwell (13 June 1831 â€“ 5 November 1879) was a Scottish mathematical physicist, born in Edinburgh. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Thomas Young, English scientist Thomas Young (June 13, 1773 â€“ May 10, 1829) was an English scientist, researcher, physician and polymath. ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. ... 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Physicists working in a government lab A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

Instrument makers, illustrators, etc.

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John Bird (1709 – 1776) was an astronomer and scientific instrument maker who made important developments in astronomical instrument design. ... // Events January 12 - Two-month freezing period begins in France - The coast of the Atlantic and Seine River freeze, crops fail and at least 24. ... This article is about the year 1776. ... Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986) was a painter, designer, and illustrator. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thomas Cooke (March 8, 1807 – October 19, 1868) was a British instrument maker. ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Alvan Clark (March 8, 1804 – August 19, 1887), born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, was an American astronomer and telescope maker. ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... John Dollond (June 10, 1706 - November 30, 1761) was an English optician. ... Events March 27 - Concluding that Emperor Iyasus I of Ethiopia had abdicated by retiring to a monastery, a council of high officials appoint Tekle Haymanot I Emperor of Ethiopia May 23 - Battle of Ramillies September 7 - The Battle of Turin in the War of Spanish Succession - forces of Austria and... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ... James Gregory James Gregory (November 1638 â€“ October 1675), was a Scottish mathematician and astronomer. ... Events March 29 - Swedish colonists establish first settlement in Delaware, called New Sweden. ... Events January 5 - The Battle of Turckeim June 18 - Battle of Fehrbellin August 10 - King Charles II of England places the foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London - construction begins November 11 - Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. ... Jesse Ramsden (October 6, 1735 - November 5, 1800) was an English astronomical instrument maker. ... Events April 16 - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ... 1800 (MDCCC) was an exceptional common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. ... Ritchey 24 reflecting Telescope George Willis Ritchey (December 31, 1864 – November 4, 1945) was an American optician and telescope maker and astronomer (educated as a furniture maker) born at Tuppers Plains, Ohio. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... James Short (June 10, 1710 – June 15, 1768) was an British mathematician, optician and telescope maker. ... // Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ... 1768 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... William Gilmore Simms. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... William Gilmore Simms. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Edward Troughton (October 1753 – June 12, 1835) was a British instrument maker, who was notable for making telescopes and other astronomical instruments. ... 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

References

The Great Astronomers
Astronomical Society of the Pacific: Women in Astronomy

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