Discovery of Neptune
There is evidence that Neptune was seen and recorded by Galileo Galilei in 1613, Jerome Lalande in 1795 and John Herschel in 1830 but none is known to have recognized it as a planet at the time
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Jerome Lalande Biography and Timeline
Follow Jerome Lalande through 1 dated historical records for France.
Jerome Lalande, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1795
Records, sources and methodology
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