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French Academy of Sciences

France · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1770–1774Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1770

Charles Messier30 June 1770

Science / Astronomy

Elected to the French Academy of Sciences

1774

Charles Messier1774

Paris · Science / Astronomy

The first version of Messier's catalogue contains 45 objects and is published in the journal of the French Academy of Sciences

Names involved

Charles Messier

Provenance

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