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Cape of Good Hope in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Cape of Good Hope in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels1 people1752–1752

Historical events in Cape of Good Hope

1752

1752
Southern Constellation Catalogue
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille · Astronomy

Catalogues thousands of stars and defines new southern constellations.

1752
Southern Sky Survey
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille · Astronomy

Begins systematic observations of southern stars from the Cape.

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