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Giuseppe Mercalli
1850May, 21

Giuseppe Mercalli

Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian priest and volcanologist (d. 1914)
Giuseppe Mercalli (21 May 1850 – 19 March 1914) was an Italian volcanologist and Catholic priest. He is known best for the Mercalli intensity scale for measuring earthquake intensity.

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Events on 1850

  • 29Jan

    Compromise of 1850

    Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
  • 7Mar

    Compromise of 1850

    Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
  • 29Jun

    Church of Greece

    Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
  • 18Sep

    Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

    The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
  • 29Sep

    Universalis Ecclesiae

    The papal bull Universalis Ecclesiae restores the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales.