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John Burdon-Sanderson
1905Nov, 23

John Burdon-Sanderson

John Burdon-Sanderson, English physiologist and academic (b. 1828)
Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, 1st Baronet, FRS, HFRSE D.Sc. (21 December 1828 – 23 November 1905) was an English physiologist born near Newcastle upon Tyne, and a member of a well known Northumbrian family.

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  • 27May

    Battle of Tsushima

    Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
  • 28May

    Battle of Tsushima

    Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
  • 26Sep

    Special theory of relativity

    Albert Einstein publishes his first paper on the special theory of relativity.
  • 26Oct

    Norway

    Sweden accepts the independence of Norway.
  • 30Oct

    Nicholas II of Russia

    Czar Nicholas II of Russia issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. This was October 17 in the Julian calendar.