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1660
| 1660 • At Gresham College in London, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray meet after a lecture by Wren and decide to found "a College for the Promoting of Physico-Mathematicall Experimentall Learning" (later known as the Royal Society). |
1695
Age: 35y
1696
Jan 24
Age: 36y
birth of childJohann Jakob Beilstein Lützelbach, Hesse Germany ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1696 • Abington, Pennsylvania, is settled. |
1738
Jan 9
Age: 78y
| 1738 • Jacques de Vaucanson presents the world's first automaton, The Flute Player (1737) to the French Academy of Sciences. |