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Henry Louis Le Châtelier
1850Oct, 8

Henry Louis Le Châtelier

Henry Louis Le Châtelier, French chemist and academic (d. 1936)
Henry Louis Le Chatelier (French pronunciation: ​[ɑ̃ʁi lwi lə ʃɑtlje]; 8 October 1850 – 17 September 1936) was a French chemist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He devised Le Chatelier's principle, used by chemists and chemical engineers to predict the effect a changing condition has on a system in chemical equilibrium.

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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.