Births on February 28

Guillaume Delisle

Born on February 28, 1675

Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726)

Guillaume Delisle, also spelled Guillaume de l'Isle, (French: [ɡijom dəlil]; 28 February 1675, Paris – 25 January 1726, Paris) was a French cartographer known for his popular and accurate maps of Europe and the newly explored Americas.

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Events on 1675

4 May

Royal Greenwich Observatory
King Charles II of England orders the construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
11 Aug

Battle of Konzer Brücke
Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
2 Nov

King Philip's War
Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War.
11 Nov

Integral calculus
Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x).

Births on February 28

Guillaume Delisle

Born on February 28, 1675

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Events on 1675

Royal Greenwich Observatory

Battle of Konzer Brücke

King Philip's War

Integral calculus