Discovery and invention facts
Who found or invented it, and when. 650 facts.
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Octans to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1752.
Source: Wikipedia: Octans (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10503 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Sculptor to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1752.
Source: Wikipedia: Sculptor (constellation) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q9286 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Grus to Petrus Plancius, in 1597.
Source: Wikipedia: Grus (constellation) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10563 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Scutum to Johannes Hevelius, in 1684.
Source: Wikipedia: Scutum (constellation) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10529 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Horologium to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1752.
Source: Wikipedia: Horologium (constellation) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10574 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Tucana to Petrus Plancius, in 1597.
Source: Wikipedia: Tucana (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10567 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Palmyra Atoll to Edmund Fanning, in 1798.
Source: Wikipedia: Palmyra Atoll (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q123076 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Lanzarote to Lancelotto Malocello, in 1312.
Source: Wikipedia: Lanzarote (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q182432 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Musca to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille and Petrus Plancius, in 1756.
Source: Wikipedia: Musca (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10435 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Microscopium to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1751.
Source: Wikipedia: Microscopium (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10492 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Volans to Petrus Plancius, in 1597.
Source: Wikipedia: Volans (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10437 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Pavo to Petrus Plancius, in 1597.
Source: Wikipedia: Pavo (constellation) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10515 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Pictor to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1756.
Source: Wikipedia: Pictor (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10486 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of New Britain to William Dampier, in 1700.
Source: Wikipedia: New Britain (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q59771 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Triangulum Australe to Amerigo Vespucci and Petrus Plancius, in 1600.
Source: Wikipedia: Triangulum Australe (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10422 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of cosmic microwave background to Arno Allan Penzias and Robert Wilson, in 1964.
Source: Wikipedia: Cosmic microwave background (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q15605 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Orion Nebula to Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, in 1610.
Source: Wikipedia: Orion Nebula (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q13903 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of 10 Hygiea to Annibale de Gasparis, in 1849.
Source: Wikipedia: 10 Hygiea (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q2640 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of printing press to Johannes Gutenberg, in 1439.
Source: Wikipedia: Printing press (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q144334 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Oedipus complex to Sigmund Freud, in 1899.
Source: Wikipedia: Oedipus complex (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q131246 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of citric acid to Carl Wilhelm Scheele, in 1784.
Source: Wikipedia: Citric acid (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q159683 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of nitroglycerin to Ascanio Sobrero, in 1847.
Source: Wikipedia: Nitroglycerin (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q162867 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of gyroscope to Léon Foucault, in 1852.
Source: Wikipedia: Gyroscope (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q483400 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Coriolis force to Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, in 1835.
Source: Wikipedia: Coriolis force (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q169973 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Circinus to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1756.
Source: Wikipedia: Circinus (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10508 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Telescopium to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1751.
Source: Wikipedia: Telescopium (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10546 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Mensa to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1760.
Source: Wikipedia: Mensa (constellation) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q9289 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Crab Nebula to John Bevis, in 1731.
Source: Wikipedia: Crab Nebula (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10934 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Kingman Reef to Edmund Fanning, in 1798.
Source: Wikipedia: Kingman Reef (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q130895 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of stainless steel to Harry Brearley, in 1872.
Source: Wikipedia: Stainless steel (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q172587 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of graphical user interface to Ivan Sutherland, in 1973.
Source: Wikipedia: Graphical user interface (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q782543 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Pyxis to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1752.
Source: Wikipedia: Pyxis (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10473 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Norma to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1751.
Source: Wikipedia: Norma (constellation) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10582 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Reticulum to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1750.
Source: Wikipedia: Reticulum (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q10498 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of uncertainty principle to Werner Heisenberg, in 1927.
Source: Wikipedia: Uncertainty principle (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q44746 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of phonograph to Thomas Edison, in 1877.
Source: Wikipedia: Phonograph (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q116434 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of diesel engine to Rudolf Diesel, in 1893.
Source: Wikipedia: Diesel engine (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q174174 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of semicolon to Aldus Manutius, in 1494.
Source: Wikipedia: Semicolon (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q104394 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of reinforced concrete to Joseph Monier, in 1853.
Source: Wikipedia: Reinforced concrete (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q184190 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of muon to Carl David Anderson, in 1937.
Source: Wikipedia: Muon (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q3151 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Quaoar to Chadwick Trujillo and Michael E. Brown, in 2002.
Source: Wikipedia: Quaoar (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q15586 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of quaternion to William Rowan Hamilton, in 1843.
Source: Wikipedia: Quaternion (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q173853 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Lord Howe Island to Henry Lidgbird Ball, in 1788.
Source: Wikipedia: Lord Howe Island (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q104784 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Brownian motion to Robert Brown, in 1827.
Source: Wikipedia: Brownian motion (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q178036 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of first law of thermodynamics to Nicolas Carnot, in 1824.
Source: Wikipedia: First law of thermodynamics (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q179380 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of synapse to Charles Scott Sherrington, in 1897.
Source: Wikipedia: Synapse (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q187181 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of lightning rod to Benjamin Franklin, in 1752.
Source: Wikipedia: Lightning rod (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q7973 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Fernando de Noronha to Amerigo Vespucci, in 1503.
Source: Wikipedia: Fernando de Noronha (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q175057 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Cro-Magnon Man to Louis Lartet, in 1868.
Source: Wikipedia: Cro-Magnon (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q179234 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of second law of thermodynamics to Nicolas Carnot, in 1824.
Source: Wikipedia: Second law of thermodynamics (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q177045 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of 433 Eros to Carl Gustav Witt and Felix Linke, in 1898.
Source: Wikipedia: 433 Eros (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q16711 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Comet Hale-Bopp to Thomas Bopp, in 1995.
Source: Wikipedia: Comet Hale–Bopp (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q69854 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Large Magellanic Cloud to Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, in 964.
Source: Wikipedia: Large Magellanic Cloud (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q49957 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of prion to Stanley B. Prusiner, in 1982.
Source: Wikipedia: Prion (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q47051 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Juan Fernández Islands to Juan Fernández, in 1574.
Source: Wikipedia: Juan Fernández Islands (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q156325 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of graphene to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, in 2004.
Source: Wikipedia: Graphene (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q169917 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of regular expression to Stephen Cole Kleene, in 1951.
Source: Wikipedia: Regular expression (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q185612 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of 7 Iris to John Russell Hind, in 1847.
Source: Wikipedia: 7 Iris (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q107495 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Delaware River to Henry Hudson, in 1609.
Source: Wikipedia: Delaware River (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q143762 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of 243 Ida to Johann Palisa, in 1884.
Source: Wikipedia: 243 Ida (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q149012 (CC0)