Discovery and invention facts
Who found or invented it, and when. 650 facts.
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Tarantula Nebula to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1751.
Source: Wikipedia: Tarantula Nebula (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q224145 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Helix Nebula to Karl Ludwig Harding, in 1824.
Source: Wikipedia: Helix Nebula (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q97017154 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Butterfly Cluster to Giovan Battista Hodierna, in 1654.
Source: Wikipedia: Butterfly Cluster (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q11225 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Owl Nebula to Pierre Méchain, in 1781.
Source: Wikipedia: Owl Nebula (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q14359 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Omega Nebula to Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux, in 1745.
Source: Wikipedia: Omega Nebula (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q11357 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 78 to Pierre Méchain, in 1780.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 78 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q14018 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 32 to Guillaume Le Gentil, in 1749.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 32 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q13720 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Ferris wheel to George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., in 1893.
Source: Wikipedia: Ferris wheel (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q202570 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of quicksort to Tony Hoare, in 1961.
Source: Wikipedia: Quicksort (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q486598 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Reiki to Mikao Usui, in 1922.
Source: Wikipedia: Reiki (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q183057 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of gas turbine to John Barber, in 1791.
Source: Wikipedia: Gas-turbine engine (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q193470 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Sicilian Defence to Giuliò Cesarè Poleriò, in 1594.
Source: Wikipedia: Sicilian Defence (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q188566 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 7 to Ptolemy, in 130.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 7 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q11234 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of JSON to Douglas Crockford, in 2001.
Source: Wikipedia: JSON (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q2063 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 13 to Edmond Halley, in 1714.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 13 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q11312 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Dumbbell Nebula to Charles Messier, in 1764.
Source: Wikipedia: Dumbbell Nebula (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q13628 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Cyrus cylinder to Hormuzd Rassam, in 1879.
Source: Wikipedia: Cyrus Cylinder (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q405008 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of chlorofluorocarbon to Frédéric Swarts, in 1890.
Source: Wikipedia: Chlorofluorocarbon (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q960800 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of miniskirt to Mary Quant, in 5000 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Miniskirt (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q230823 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 9 to Charles Messier, in 1764.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 9 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q11258 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 10 to Charles Messier, in 1764.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 10 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q11267 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 12 to Charles Messier, in 1764.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 12 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q11307 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Wild Duck Cluster to Gottfried Kirch, in 1681.
Source: Wikipedia: Wild Duck Cluster (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q11294 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 43 to Jean Jacques Dortous de Mayran, in 1731.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 43 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q13906 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Mira to David Fabricius, in 1596.
Source: Wikipedia: Mira (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q12965 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of antiproton to Emilio G. Segrè and Owen Chamberlain, in 1955.
Source: Wikipedia: Antiproton (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q107575 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Santiago to António de Noli, in 1460.
Source: Wikipedia: Santiago, Cape Verde (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q108448 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Mercator projection to Gerardus Mercator, in 1569.
Source: Wikipedia: Mercator projection (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q309372 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Pareto principle to Joseph M. Juran, in 1941.
Source: Wikipedia: Pareto principle (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q182667 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 84 to Charles Messier, in 1781.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 84 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q92258118 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 39 to Charles Messier, in 1764.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 39 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q13883 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Beehive Cluster to Aratus, in 259 BC.
Source: Wikipedia: Beehive Cluster (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q13760 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 14 to Charles Messier, in 1764.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 14 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q11320 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 94 to Pierre Méchain, in 1781.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 94 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q14349 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 49 to Charles Messier, in 1771.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 49 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q13952 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 19 to Charles Messier, in 1764.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 19 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q11374 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 21 to Charles Messier, in 1764.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 21 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q11383 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 77 to Pierre Méchain, in 1780.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 77 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q14017 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 83 to Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, in 1752.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 83 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q14030 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of NGC 2 to Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse, in 1873.
Source: Wikipedia: NGC 2 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q31126 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Bloody Mary to Fernand Petiot, in 1921.
Source: Wikipedia: Bloody Mary (cocktail) (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q207711 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Wade-Giles to Herbert Giles and Thomas Francis Wade, in 1892.
Source: Wikipedia: Wade–Giles (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q208442 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of stop-motion to Aleksandr Shiryaev, in 1895.
Source: Wikipedia: Stop motion (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q308876 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of nachos to Ignacio Anaya García, in 1943.
Source: Wikipedia: Nachos (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q466430 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 92 to Johann Elert Bode, in 1777.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 92 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q78262275 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 90 to Charles Messier, in 1781.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 90 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q14343 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Dijkstra's algorithm to Edsger W. Dijkstra, in 1959.
Source: Wikipedia: Dijkstra's algorithm (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q8548 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 37 to Giovan Battista Hodierna, in 1654.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 37 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q13878 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 38 to Giovan Battista Hodierna, in 1654.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 38 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q13880 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 23 to Charles Messier, in 1764.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 23 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q11396 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 53 to Johann Elert Bode, in 1775.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 53 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q13960 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 50 to Giovanni Domenico Cassini, in 1711.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 50 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q13956 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 98 to Pierre Méchain, in 1781.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 98 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q14361 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 99 to Pierre Méchain, in 1781.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 99 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q14364 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 72 to Pierre Méchain, in 1780.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 72 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q14008 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 70 to Charles Messier, in 1780.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 70 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q14004 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Little Dumbbell Nebula to Pierre Méchain, in 1780.
Source: Wikipedia: Little Dumbbell Nebula (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q14015 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 67 to Johann Gottfried Koehler, in 1779.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 67 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q13997 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of Messier 34 to Giovan Battista Hodierna, in 1654.
Source: Wikipedia: Messier 34 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q13729 (CC0)
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of lobotomy to António Egas Moniz, in 1930.
Source: Wikipedia: Lobotomy (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q207684 (CC0)