Nicolas Louis de Lacaille Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, based on 4 World History Database records associated with France.

4 records1752–17594 events1 places

Chronological biography

1752

Southern Constellation Catalogue1752

Science / Astronomy · Astronomer · Cape of Good Hope

Catalogues thousands of stars and defines new southern constellations.

Southern Sky Survey1752

Science / Astronomy · Astronomer · Cape of Good Hope

Begins systematic observations of southern stars from the Cape.

1753

Discovery of Nebulae1753

Science / Astronomy

Nicolas Louis de Lacaille cataloged 42 nebulae from the Cape of Good Hope, with most of them being previously unknown

1759

Halleys Comet1759

Science / Astronomy

The comet is first named in Halleys honour by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1759

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.