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1 Astronomy

• Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749-1827) publishes his Exposition du Systeme du Monde, his work on astronomy (mainly celestial mechanics) following his predecessors as Newton and Lagrange. He developed an analytical theory of tides, deduced the mass of the moon, improved the calculation of cosmic orbits, and predicted that Saturn's rings would be found to rotate. Most notably, he propounded the modern Nebular Hypothesis, independently outlined by Kant.

2 Paleontology

• Georges Cuvier identifies the fossilised bones of a huge animal found in the Netherlands in 1770 as belonging to an extinct reptile

3 Awards

• Copley Medal: Jesse Ramsden

4 Births

• December 8December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 23 days remaining. Events 1854 Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogma of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Virgin Mary was born free of original sin. - Peter Andreas HansenPeter Andreas Hansen ( December 8, 1795 March 28, 1874), Danish astronomer, was born at Tondern, in the duchy of Schleswig (now Tonder, Denmark). The son of a goldsmith, he learned the trade of a watchmaker at Flensburg, and exercised it at Berlin and Ton, astronomer (died 1874See also Other events of 1874 List of years in science. 1873 in science 1874 in science 1875 in science. The year 1874 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Chemistry Per Teodor Cleve discovers that didymium is in)

5 Deaths

• March 21March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). There are 285 days remaining. Events 1556 In Oxford, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer is burned at the stake. 1788 A fire destroys 856 buildings in New Orleans and - Giovanni ArduinoGiovanni Arduino ( Caprino Veronese, October 16, 1714 Venice, March 21, 1795) was an Italian geologist who is known as the "Father of Italian Geology. Arduino was a mining specialist who developed possibly the first classification of geological time, base, geologist (born 1714The year 1714 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. See also 1713 in science, other events of 1714, 1715 in science and the list of years in science. Births June 17 Cesar-Francois Cassini de Thury, French astronome)