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Germany in 1755

Historical records for Germany in 1755, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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1755Birth of Friedrich Wilhelm von BulowFriedrich Wilhelm Bulow von Freiherr

Warfare / Military

Birth of Friedrich Wilhelm von Bulow

1755Discovery of Andromeda GalaxyEmmanuel Kant

Science / Astronomy

In his work Universal Natural History and Theory of the Heavens conjectures that Andromeda is an island universe

1755Milky WayImmanuel Kant

Science / Astronomy

Kant conjectures that some of the nebulae visible in the night sky might be separate "galaxies" themselves, similar to our own. In a treatise Immanuel Kant draws on earlier work by Thomas Wright, speculates (correctly) that the Milky Way might be a rotating body of a huge number of stars, held together by gravitational forces akin to the Solar System but on much large

Names involved

Emmanuel KantFriedrich Wilhelm Bulow von FreiherrImmanuel Kant

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.