January 5 » Battle of Colmar: The French army beats Brandenburg.
March 4 » John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
August 10 » The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England is laid.
August 11 » Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
October 29 » Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.
December 19 » The Great Swamp Fight, a pivotal battle in King Philip's War, gives the English settlers a bitterly won victory.
Day of death February 15, 1753
The temperature on February 15, 1753 was about 4.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
February 17 » In Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
May 1 » Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.
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