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1838
Aug 1
| 1838 • Friedrich Bessel makes the first accurate measurement of distance to a star. |
1859
Aug 4
Age: 21y
marriageSarah Evelyn Mayfield Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1859 • A French amateur astronomer, Edmond Modeste Lescarbault, claims to have noticed a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury – later named Vulcan. |
1919
Oct 12
Age: 81y
| 1919 • Amritsar Massacre: British and Gurkha troops massacre 379 Sikhs at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in the Punjab Province (British India). |