Pierre Gassendi Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Pierre Gassendi, based on 2 World History Database records associated with France.

2 records1631–16312 events1 places

Chronological biography

1631

First Telescopic Planetary Transit7 November 1631

Science / Astronomy · Astronomer · Paris

Records the first telescopic observation of a planetary transit.

Transit of Mercury Observed7 November 1631

Science / Astronomy · Astronomer · Paris

Observes Mercury crossing the Sun as predicted by Kepler.

Titles and roles

Astronomer

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.