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Thomas Harriot Biography and Timeline

Follow Thomas Harriot through 2 dated historical records for England.

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Thomas Harriot, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

2Distinct records

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1586–1610Years on this page

1586

28 July 1586

Discovery of Potatoes

Plymouth · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Brought over to Plymouth from Colombia

1610

Sunspots

Science / Astronomy

Sunspots are first observed telescopically in late 1610 by the English astronomer Thomas Harriot

Records, sources and methodology

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