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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). |
1739
Jan 7
Age: 79y
1739 • 84,000 farmers revolt in the province of Iwaki in Japan. |