Discovery and invention facts
Who found or invented it, and when. 650 facts.
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of sewing machine to Thomas Saint, in 1790.
Source: Wikipedia: Sewing machine (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q49013 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of red blood cell to Jan Swammerdam, in 1658.
Source: Wikipedia: Red blood cell (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q37187 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of (136108) Haumea to Pablo Santos-Sanz, in 2003.
Source: Wikipedia: Haumea (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q601 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Morse code to Alfred Vail and Samuel Finley Breese Morse, in 1836.
Source: Wikipedia: Morse code (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q79897 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of atoll to Charles Darwin, in 1842.
Source: Wikipedia: Atoll (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q42523 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of inductor to Michael Faraday, in 1831.
Source: Wikipedia: Inductor (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q5325 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Pepsi to Caleb Bradham, in 1893.
Source: Wikipedia: Pepsi (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q47719 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of sonnet to Giacomo da Lentini, in 1300.
Source: Wikipedia: Sonnet (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q80056 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Persepolis to García de Silva Figueroa, in 1621.
Source: Wikipedia: Persepolis (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q129072 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Bouvet Island to Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, in 1739.
Source: Wikipedia: Bouvet Island (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q23408 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Rosetta Stone to Pierre-François Bouchard, in 1799.
Source: Wikipedia: Rosetta Stone (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q48584 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of guillotine to Antoine Louis, in 1792.
Source: Wikipedia: Guillotine (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q128015 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of vacuum cleaner to Hubert Cecil Booth, in 1901.
Source: Wikipedia: Vacuum cleaner (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q101674 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Saint Martin to Christopher Columbus, in 1493.
Source: Wikipedia: Saint Martin (island) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q25596 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Vesta to Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers, in 1807.
Source: Wikipedia: 4 Vesta (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q3030 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of barometer to Evangelista Torricelli, in 1643.
Source: Wikipedia: Barometer (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q79757 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of positron to Carl David Anderson, in 1932.
Source: Wikipedia: Positron (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q3229 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of 2 Pallas to Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers, in 1802.
Source: Wikipedia: 2 Pallas (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q3002 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Archaeopteryx to Carl Friedrich Häberlein, in 1861.
Source: Wikipedia: Archaeopteryx (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q100196 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Abu Simbel to Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, in 1813.
Source: Wikipedia: Abu Simbel (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q134140 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of benzene to Michael Faraday, in 1825.
Source: Wikipedia: Benzene (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q2270 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of microwave oven to Percy Spencer, in 1945.
Source: Wikipedia: Microwave oven (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q127956 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Proxima Centauri to Robert T. A. Innes, in 1915.
Source: Wikipedia: Proxima Centauri (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q14266 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Clipperton Island to Mathieu Martin de Chassiron and Michel Dubocage, in 1711.
Source: Wikipedia: Clipperton Island (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q161258 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Antlia to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1752.
Source: Wikipedia: Antlia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10481 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Coma Berenices to Conon of Samos, in 244 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Coma Berenices (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q9285 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of pasteurization to Louis Pasteur, in 1864.
Source: Wikipedia: Pasteurization (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q58148 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of hadron to Lev Okun, in 1962.
Source: Wikipedia: Hadron (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q101667 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Doppler effect to Christian Dopplerr, in 1842.
Source: Wikipedia: Doppler effect (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q76436 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of pulsar to Antony Hewish and Jocelyn Bell Burnell, in 1967.
Source: Wikipedia: Pulsar (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q4360 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Coulomb's law to Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, in 1875.
Source: Wikipedia: Coulomb's law (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q83152 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of emoji to Shigetaka Kurita, in 1999.
Source: Wikipedia: Emoji (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q1049294 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Carina to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1763.
Source: Wikipedia: Carina (constellation) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10470 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Monoceros to Petrus Plancius, in 1612.
Source: Wikipedia: Monoceros (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10428 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Hydrus to Petrus Plancius, in 1597.
Source: Wikipedia: Hydrus (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10416 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Planck constant to Max Planck, in 1901.
Source: Wikipedia: Planck constant (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q122894 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Caelum to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1750.
Source: Wikipedia: Caelum (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10488 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Vulpecula to Johannes Hevelius, in 1683.
Source: Wikipedia: Vulpecula (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10519 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Fornax to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1756.
Source: Wikipedia: Fornax (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q8913 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Camelopardalis to Petrus Plancius, in 1612.
Source: Wikipedia: Camelopardalis (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q8832 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of lysergic acid diethylamide to Albert Hofmann, in 1948.
Source: Wikipedia: LSD (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q23118 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of cesarean section to Chanakya, in 319 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Caesarean section (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q228036 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of ballpoint pen to Marcel Bich, in 1888.
Source: Wikipedia: Ballpoint pen (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q160137 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of keto-D-fructose to Augustin-Pierre Dubrunfaut, in 1847.
Source: Wikipedia: Fructose (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q122043 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of zipper to Whitcomb L. Judson, in 1893.
Source: Wikipedia: Zipper (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q101761 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Lacerta to Johannes Hevelius, in 1687.
Source: Wikipedia: Lacerta (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10430 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Lynx to Johannes Hevelius, in 1687.
Source: Wikipedia: Lynx (constellation) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10443 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Apus to Petrus Plancius, in 1598.
Source: Wikipedia: Apus (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10506 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Vela to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1763.
Source: Wikipedia: Vela (constellation) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10521 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of 3 Juno to Karl Ludwig Harding, in 1804.
Source: Wikipedia: 3 Juno (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q3009 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of mass–energy equivalence to Albert Einstein, in 1905.
Source: Wikipedia: Mass–energy equivalence (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q35875 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Electromagnetic induction to Michael Faraday, in 1831.
Source: Wikipedia: Electromagnetic induction (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q988780 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Franz Josef Land to Carl Georg Ludwig Wilhelm Weyprecht and Julius von Payer, in 1873.
Source: Wikipedia: Franz Josef Land (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q185018 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Phoenix to Petrus Plancius, in 1597.
Source: Wikipedia: Phoenix (constellation) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10441 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Chamaeleon to Petrus Plancius, in 1597.
Source: Wikipedia: Chamaeleon (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10457 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Puppis to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1763.
Source: Wikipedia: Puppis (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q9251 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Leo Minor to Johannes Hevelius, in 1687.
Source: Wikipedia: Leo Minor (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10403 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of electron microscope to Ernst Ruska, in 1931.
Source: Wikipedia: Electron microscope (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q132560 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of deuterium to Harold Urey, in 1931.
Source: Wikipedia: Deuterium (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q102296 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Indus to Petrus Plancius, in 1597.
Source: Wikipedia: Indus (constellation) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10450 (CC0)