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Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc Biography and Timeline

Follow Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc through 1 dated historical records for France.

Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1610–1610Years on this page

1610

Discovery of Orion Nebula

Science / Astronomy

Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc discovers the Orion Nebula using a telescope

Records, sources and methodology

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