Historical place archive

Japan in History

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

1 records1 event labels1 people1874–1874

Historical events in Japan

1874

9 December 1874
Transit of Venus Photography
Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen · Astronomy

Janssen uses his photographic revolver during the transit of Venus to record a rapid sequence of solar images.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match France and Japan. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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