1788 ⟶ Birth of Dutch Supercentenarian Geert Adriaans Boomgaard

Dutch Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788–1899) would become the ...
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🔭 First Recorded Optical Telescope

Earliest record of an optical telescope.⟶
First Recorded Optical Telescope (1608)
Scientific RevolutionOpticsAstronomyDutch RepublicHans LippersheyTelescopeObservation
NetherlandsNetherlands

📖 Publication of the Dutch Statenbijbel

Dutch Bible published.⟶
ReligionBibleTranslationChristianityPrinting PressReligious Texts
NetherlandsNetherlands

🧪 Martinus van Marum Pioneers Electrolysis

Martinus van Marum is the first to use the electrolysis technique.⟶
Martinus van Marum Pioneers Electrolysis (1785)
ChemistryElectricityExperimental PhysicsScientific Revolution
NetherlandsNetherlands

👴 Birth of Dutch Supercentenarian Geert Adriaans Boomgaard

Dutch Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788–1899) would become the first generally accepted validated case of a supercentenarian on record.⟶
Birth of Dutch Supercentenarian Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788)
LongevityDemographicsHistorical Records
NetherlandsNetherlands

👵 Birth of Margaret Ann Neve, the First Recorded Female Supercentenarian

Margaret Ann Neve (1792–1903) would become the first recorded female supercentenarian to reach the age of 110.⟶
Birth of Margaret Ann Neve, the First Recorded Female Supercentenarian (1792)
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United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🏛️ Establishment of the Batavian Republic

Establishment of the French-backed Batavian Republic in present-day Netherlands.⟶
Establishment of the Batavian Republic (1795)
French RevolutionRepublicNapoleonic WarsPolitical TransformationNationalismEnlightenment
NetherlandsNetherlands