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12 Jan 1665
![]() Pierre de Fermat |
death Pierre de Fermat Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (born 1601) |
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12 Jan 1716
![]() Antonio de Ulloa |
birth Antonio de Ulloa Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish explorer (died 1795) |
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12 Jan 1719
![]() John Flamsteed |
death John Flamsteed John Flamsteed, astronomer (born 1646) |
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12 Jan 1729
![]() Lazzaro Spallanzani |
birth Lazzaro Spallanzani Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (died 1799) |
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12 Jan 1792
![]() Johan August Arfwedson |
birth Johan August Arfwedson Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (died 1841) |
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12 Jan 1808
![]() Wernerian Natural History Society |
Wernerian Natural History Society (natural history) Organizational meeting leading to creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society is held in Edinburgh. |
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12 Jan 1848
![]() Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville |
death Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville (born 1848), French explorer and naturalist. |
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12 Jan 1866
![]() Royal Aeronautical Society |
Royal Aeronautical Society (technology) Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London. |
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12 Jan 1877
![]() Wilhelm Friedrich Benedikt Hofmeister |
death Wilhelm Friedrich Benedikt Hofmeister Wilhelm Friedrich Benedikt Hofmeister (born 1824), German botanist. |
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12 Jan 1899
![]() Paul Hermann Müller |
birth Paul Hermann Müller Paul Hermann Müller (died 1965), Swiss chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1948. |
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12 Jan 1907
![]() Sergei Korolev |
birth Sergei Korolev Sergei Korolev (died 1966), Ukrainian-born space scientist. |
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12 Jan 1909
![]() Hermann Minkowski |
death Hermann Minkowski Hermann Minkowski (born 1864), mathematician. |
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12 Jan 1910
![]() Birth of public radio broadcasting |
Birth of public radio broadcasting (technology) Birth of public radio broadcasting: Lee De Forest conducts an experimental broadcast of part of a live performance of Tosca and, the next day, a performance with the participation of the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso from the stage of Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. |
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12 Jan 1996
![]() Bartel Leendert van der Waerden |
death Bartel Leendert van der Waerden Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (b. 1903), Dutch mathematician. |
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12 Jan 2007
![]() Comet |
Comet (, discoveries ) Comet McNaught reaches perihelion and becomes visible from Earth during daylight. |
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12 Jan 2014
![]() William Feindel |
death William Feindel William Feindel, 95, Canadian neurosurgeon, scientist and professor |