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Gabriel Lippmann
1845Aug, 16

Gabriel Lippmann

Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1921)
Jonas Ferdinand Gabriel Lippmann (16 August 1845 – 13 July 1921) was a Franco-Luxembourgish physicist and inventor, and Nobel laureate in physics for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference. His parents were French Jews.

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Events on 1845

  • 11Mar

    Treaty of Waitangi

    Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
  • 13Mar

    Violin Concerto (Mendelssohn)

    Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto receives its première performance in Leipzig with Ferdinand David as soloist.
  • 19May

    Franklin's lost expedition

    Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
  • 13Oct

    United States Congress

    A majority of voters in the Republic of Texas approve a proposed constitution that, if accepted by the U.S. Congress, will make Texas a U.S. state.
  • 20Nov

    Battle of Vuelta de Obligado

    Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: Battle of Vuelta de Obligado.