6 July
1687: On 6 July 1687, Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) was published for the frist time. This work is often held to represent the culmination ...
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1816: On 7 July 1816, Rudolf Wolf was born.
Wolf was a Swiss astronomer and astronomical historian. Wolf's main contribution was the discovery of the eleven-year sunspot cycle. He was also the co-discoverer of its connection with geomagnetic activity on Earth.
In 1849 he devised a system now known as Wolf's sunspot numbers. This system is still in use for studying solar activity by counting sunspots and sunspot groups.
1668: On 7 July 1668, Isaac Newton received his Master's degree from Trinity College at the University of Cambridge, UK.
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5 July
1054: On 5 July 1054, a powerful celestial explosion brightened the summer sky. It was the spectacular explosion of a supernova, the violent death of a star that may have ...
4 July
1910: On 4 July 1910, Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli died.Schiaparelli was an Italian astronomer who is remembered for his observations of Mars. He named the 'seas' and 'continents' of the Red ...
3 July
2003: On 3 July 2003, ESA's Mars Express spacecraft sent images of a unique view of Earth and the Moon. It was one of the first data sets coming from ...
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