1991Ötzi the Iceman Discovered

September 19: Ötzi the Iceman is found in the Alps.
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🏺 Proto-Villanovan Culture Emerges

c. 1100 BC: beginning of the proto-Villanovan culture in northern Italy.
Proto-Villanovan Culture Emerges (-1100)
Bronze AgeIron AgeArchaeology
ItalyItaly

🍎 Galileo Galilei Publishes Laws of Falling Bodies

Galileo Galilei: laws of falling bodies.
Galileo Galilei Publishes Laws of Falling Bodies (1638)
Scientific RevolutionPhysicsGalileo GalileiMechanicsExperimentationScientific Method
ItalyItaly

🧕 Cro-Magnon Human Remains Discovered

Cro-Magnon man first identified.
Cro-Magnon Human Remains Discovered (1868)
PaleontologyAnthropologyHuman EvolutionArchaeologyFossil Discovery
FranceFrance

☢️ Fermi Achieves Nuclear Fission with Neutron Irradiation

Enrico Fermi: Nuclear fission by neutron irradiation
Fermi Achieves Nuclear Fission with Neutron Irradiation (1934)
PhysicsNuclear PhysicsRadioactivity
ItalyItaly

🪖 Ötzi the Iceman Discovered

September 19: Ötzi the Iceman is found in the Alps.
Ötzi the Iceman Discovered (1991)
ArchaeologyBronze AgeAnthropology
ItalyItalyAustriaAustria