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Publication of "Species Plantarum" by Carl Linnaeus - the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the Internation

Publication of "Species Plantarum" by Carl Linnaeus - the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature

Publication of "Species Plantarum" by Carl Linnaeus - the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature

Key People

Carl Linnaeus

biologist and physician

Swedish biologist and physician

Events Before

  1. Betsy Ross is born

    Betsy Ross upholsterer, known for american upholsterer, was born on 1752-01-01. Elizabeth Griscom Ross, also known by her second and third married names, Ashburn and Claypoole, was an American…

  2. Britain and the British Empire, including the American colonies, adopt the Gregorian Calendar after skipping 11 days bet

    Britain and the British Empire, including the American colonies, adopt the Gregorian Calendar after skipping 11 days between September 3 and September 13

  3. East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malacca: 92 killed

    East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malacca: 92 killed

  4. Tobias Smollett publishes pamphlet accusing Henry Fielding of plagiarism

    Tobias Smollett publishes pamphlet accusing Henry Fielding of plagiarism

  5. Dutch States-General forbids export of windmills

    Dutch States-General forbids export of windmills

Events After

  1. British PM William Pitt the Elder (46) weds Lady Hester Grenville (34) in Argyle Street, London

    British PM William Pitt the Elder (46) weds Lady Hester Grenville (34) in Argyle Street, London

  2. Columbia University is founded as King's College in New York City

    Columbia College is the oldest undergraduate college of Columbia University, a private Ivy League research university in New York City.

  3. Riot at burial of Orangist leader Daniel Raap in Amsterdam

    Riot at burial of Orangist leader Daniel Raap in Amsterdam

  4. British writer Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity

    Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was an English Whig politician, writer, historian and antiquarian. He had Strawberry Hill House...

  5. Marquis of Ensenada becomes premier of Spain

    Marquis of Ensenada becomes premier of Spain

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