1855 ⟶ Cocaine Isolated by Friedrich Gaedcke
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🧪 Morphine Isolated from Opium
Friedrich Sertürner discovers morphine as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant.⟶

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🧪 Wöhler Synthesizes Urea, Dismantling Vitalism
Friedrich Wöhler synthesized urea, refuting vitalism.⟶

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🔭 Friedrich Bessel Measures Stellar Parallax
Friedrich Bessel: first successful measure of stellar parallax (to star 61 Cygni).⟶

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🧪 Cocaine Isolated by Friedrich Gaedcke
🧪 Eugen Baumann Synthesizes Polyvinyl Chloride
Polyvinyl chloride, more commonly known as vinyl, is synthesized by German chemist Eugen Baumann⟶

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