The scientist Christiaan Huygens

Christiaan Huygens

Living place: The Hague

Birthday: 14-4-1629

Global rank: #39237

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Who is The scientist Christiaan Huygens?
Dutch mathematician and leading natural philosopher of his time working on early telescopic studies of Saturn's rings. He also revolutionized the game of chance.
He invented the pendulum clock, a clock that used a swinging mass as its timekeeping factor.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He spent time at the French Academy of Sciences with the approval of King Louis XIV.

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His parents were named Suzanna van Baerle and Constantijn Huygens.

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Another famous astronomer like Huygens was Leonard Euler.

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When was The scientist Christiaan Huygens born?
Christiaan Huygens was born in 14-4-1629, death year is , at the age of 395.
Where is The scientist Christiaan Huygens's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Christiaan Huygens was born in The Hague, of Netherlands. is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Aries, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Christiaan Huygens's global rank is 39237 and whose rank is 126 in list of famous The scientist.
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Events in 1629 and 14-4

Birthday Christiaan Huygens (14-4) in history

  • Day 14-4 year 1775: Former US treasury governor Benjamin Rush was one of the founders of America's first anti-slavery society.
  • Day 14-4 year 1828: Noah Webster copyrighted the first edition of his dictionary.
  • Day 14-4 year 1860: The first pony express rider reached his destination of San Francisco. He left St. Joseph, Mo., on April 3.
  • Day 14-4 year 1865: Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
  • Day 14-4 year 1894: The first kinetoscope parlor opened in New York City.
  • Day 14-4 year 1912: Titanic hit the iceberg that would sink her the next morning.
  • Day 14-4 year 1969: In a record breaking night at the Academy Awards, a tie between Katherine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand resulted in the two sharing the the Best Actress Oscar and Hepburn broke the record as the only actress to win three Best Actress Oscars.
  • Day 14-4 year 2002: Hugo Chávez returned as president of Venezuela after being forced out of office two days previously.
  • Day 14-4 year 2003: Abu Abbas, the leader of the terrorist group Palestine Liberation Front when the group hijacked the liner Achille Lauro, was captured by U.S. forces in Iraq.
  • Day 14-4 year 2010: An explosion in the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland results in a volcanic ash plume in the atmosphere over northern and central Europe. Air travel in the region is halted for several days.
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