2001 Sir Fred Hoyle, "astronomer, science fiction writer", ", coined the term ""big bang"", ", dies at 86
1997 Eugene Shoemaker, astronomer, co-discoverer of the Shoemaker-Levy comet that had a spectacular collision with Jupiter in 1994, dies at 69
1997 Clyde Tombaugh, astronomer, discovered Pluto in 1930, dies at 90
1992 Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (Oort Cloud), dies at 92
1992 Hans Rosenberg, astronomer/alderman of Utrecht, dies
1992 Franc Holden, British astronomer (Binary Stars), dies
1974 Fritz Zwicky, Swiss/US astronomer (supernova), dies at 75
1973 Charles G Abbot, U.S. astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101
1973 Ira S Bowen, U.S. physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74
1972 Harlow Shapley, astronomer (Sun's position in galaxy), dies at 86
1970 Lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86
1967 Andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77
1964 Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer, dies
1963 Mervyn A Ellison, British astronomer (spectrohelioscope), dies at 63
1960 WH Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67
1960 Anton Pancake, astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87
1960 Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87
1957 John Von Neumann, astronomer, dies at 53
1956 Walter S Adams, U.S. astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79
1953 Edwin P Hubble, astronomer, designer of telescopes, dies at 63
1952 Bernard F Lyot, Fren astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies at 55
1951 Robert G Aitken, U.S. astronomer (New General Catalogue), dies at 86
1948 Eleanor Margaret Burbridge, astronomer/educator
1948 A C Fabian, astronomer
1947 Paul Guthnick, German astronomer, dies at 76
1946 Joseph McCarthy's HUAC interrogates astronomer Harlow Shapley
1946 James Jeans, English physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 69
1943 Jocelyn Burnell, astronomer
1941 John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer (Plaskett's twins), dies
1941 AH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76
1941 M S Longair, astronomer
1941 Annie Jump Cannon, U.S. astronomer (Henry Draper catalogues), dies at 77
1939 Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, Indian astronomer
1938 William W. Campbell, U.S. astronomer (Stellar Motions), dies at 76
1938 George Ellery Hale, astronomer, dies
1938 William H Pickering, astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79
1936 William FA Ellison, Irish clergyman/astronomer, dies at 72
1935 Donald Lynden-Bell, British astronomer
1934 Carl Sagan, Brooklyn, astronomer/author/professor, Cosmos, Broca's Brain
1930 U.S. astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto
1929 Maarten Schmidt, Neth/US astronomer, quasars
1926 Johan LE Dreyer, Danish astronomer (Catalog of Nebulae), dies at 74
1925 Camille Flammarion, French astronomer/writer, Thunder and Lightning
1924 Antony Hewish, radio astronomer
1923 Francis Graham-Smith, British astronomer
1923 Patrick Moore, born in England, astronomer and writer, A-Z of Astronomy
1923 Edward E Barnard, U.S. astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65
1922 Johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer, dies at 71
1922 John C Kapteyn, astronomer, dies at 71
1921 Cornelis de Jager, Dutch astronomer, Sun
1921 Sherburne W. Burnham, U.S. astronomer (binary stars), dies at 83
1920 Thomas Gold, astronomer, proposed steady-state theory of universe
1918 Martin Ryle, Britain, radio astronomer/astronomer royal, 1972-82
1916 Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies
1914 George W. Hill, U.S. astronomer (moon orbit), dies at 76
1913 Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer (Ball Screw), dies
1912 Martin Schwarzschild, U.S. astronomer, evolution
1912 Madge Adam, astronomer
1911 Grote Reber, U.S., astronomer, 1st parabolic radio telescope
1910 Johann O Backlund, Swedish astronomer, dies at 64
1910 Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars), dies at 75
1908 Viktor A Ambartsoemjan, Russian astronomer, Stalin Prize 1946, 50
1906 John A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer, dies at 78
1906 Thomas G. Cowling, British mathematician/astronomer
1906 Bartholomeus J "Bart" Bok, Dutch/US astronomer, Milky Way
1906 Pavel P Parenago, Russian astronomer
1906 Clyde William Tombaugh, U.S., astronomer, discovered Pluto
1905 Gerard Kuiper, Dutch/US astronomer, moons of Uranus, Neptune
1904 Clabon W. Allen, Australian/British astronomer
1903 John von Neumann, mathematician/astronomer, Bocher Award 1938
1903 Bernard Lovell, England, radio astronomer, founded Jodrell Bank
1900 James E Keeler, U.S. astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42
1900 Mervyn A. Ellison, British astronomer, spectrohelioscope
1900 Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer, hypothesized "Oort Cloud"
1898 Ira S Bowen, U.S. physicist/astronomer, Mt Wilson/Palomar
1898 Fritz Zwicky, Swiss astronomer, super nova
1897 Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer, Lyot filter
1895 Bertil Lindblad, Swedish astronomer, Milky Way system
1893 Earnest Julius pik, Estonian astronomer, Physics of meteor flight
1893 W H Walter Baade, German/US astronomer, Andromeda
1893 Marcel G J Minnaert, Dutch astronomer
1892 George B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90
1890 Andre L. Danjon, French astronomer
1889 Edwin Hubble, astronomer, discoverer of galaxies, red shift
1889 Maria Mitchell, 1st U.S. woman astronomer (Vassar), dies at 70
1889 Warren De La Rue, astronomer/chemist, dies
1888 Aleksandr Mikhailov, born in U.S.S.R., astronomer
1885 Harlow Shapley, U.S., astronomer, studied the galaxies
1885 Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer, theory of relativity
1884 Lucien H d'Azambuja, France, astronomer, chromosome of sun
1882 Giorgio Abetti, Italian astronomer, Solar physics
1882 Johann CF Zollner, German astronomer (astro photography), dies
1880 Benjamin Pierce, U.S. mathematician/astronomer, dies
1880 William Lassell, English astronomer (1st moon of Neptune), dies
1879 Milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist
1877 Henry Norris Russell, astronomer, Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
1877 James Jeans, England, physicist/mathematician/astronomer
1876 Walter S Adams, U.S. astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, 1923-46
1874 Anders J ¸ngstrom, Swedish astronomer/physicist (¸-unit), dies at 59
1874 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belg astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77
1873 Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer, Schwarzschild effect
1873 Ejnar Hertzsprung, Denmark, astronomer, Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
1873 Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist, Communist Tactics
1872 Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 78
1872 Friedrich Kaiser, astronomer (Kaiser-Compass), dies
1872 Charles G Abbot, U.S., astronomer, Constant Sun
1871 John F. W. Herschel, British astronomer (Catalogue of Nebulae), dies
1871 Paul Guthnick, German astronomer
1866 Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira Maury, astronomer
1865 John S Plaskett, Canadian astronomer, Plaskett's twins
1865 Johann F Encke, German astronomer (Comet Encke), dies at 73
1864 Robert G Aitken, U.S. astronomer, Binary Stars
1864 A H Borgesius, Dutch amateur astronomer
1863 Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77
1862 Ormsby Mcknight Mitchel, U.S. astronomer/Union-general-major, dies at 53
1862 William W. Campbell, U.S. astronomer/director Lick Observatory
1862 Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87
1861 Robert T A Innes, Edinburgh Scotland, astronomer, Proxima Centauri
1858 William Pickering, Boston, astronomer, 9th and 10th moons of Saturn
1857 Edward Emerson Barnard, Tennessee, astronomer, Jupiter's 5th satellite
1857 James E Keeler, U.S., astronomer, rings of Saturn
1856 Friedrich Kustner, German astronomer
1855 Percival "Percy" Lowell, U.S. astronomer, predicted discovery of Pluto
1854 Henri Poincare, France, mathematician/astronomer/philosopher
1853 D Francois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist (chromosome), dies
1852 Johan L E Dreyer, Danish astronomer, New gen catalogue of nebulae
1851 Johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer
1850 Wilhelm Bear, German banker/astronomer (Moon Map), dies at 53
1847 German astronomer Theodor discovers Comet Brorsen-Metcalf
1846 Johann E. Backlund, Swedish astronomer, planets/asteroids
1846 Friedrich W. Bessel, German astronomer (Bessel Functions), dies at 61
1844 Francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads), dies
1840 Robert S. Ball, Irish mathematician/astronomer
1840 Heinrich Olbers, German astronomer (comets and asteroids), dies at 81
1838 Sherburne W. Burnham, U.S., astronomer, binary stars
1838 Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64
1838 George W. Hill, U.S. astronomer, Moon orbit
1835 George B Airy begins 46-year reign as England's Astronomer Royal
1835 Simon Newcomb, U.S., scientist, mathematician and astronomer
1835 Giovanni Schiaparelli, born in Italy, astronomer, discovered canals of Mars
1827 John A. C. Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer
1822 F William Herschel, German astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 85
1822 Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83
1819 John Couch Adams, English astronomer, co-discover Neptune
1818 Maria Mitchell, 1st U.S. woman astronomer on Nantucket Island
1812 Johann G Galle, German astronomer, discovered Neptune.
1811 Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies
1809 Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, astronomer/Major General Union volunteers
1809 Benjamin Pierce, U.S. mathematician and astronomer
1808 Friedrich Kaiser, Dutch astronomer, Kaiser compass-card
1807 Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies
1806 Benjamin Banneker, astronomer/mathematician, dies at 74
1801 George Biddle Airy, 7th Astronomer Royal
1801 French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons discovers his 1st comet
1797 Wilhelm Beer, Germany, amateur astronomer, constructed 1st Moon map
1796 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/meteorology
1796 Adolphe Quetelet, Belgium, mathematician/astronomer/statistician
1794 Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician and astronomer
1792 John Herschel, born in Slough, England, William Herschel's son, astronomer
1791 Johann F Encke, German astronomer, Encke Comet
1789 William Cranch Bond, U.S., astronomer, codiscovered Hyperion
1787 Ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75
1786 John Goodricke, English deaf and dumb astronomer, dies at 21
1786 Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist
1786 D Francois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist/politician
1784 Cesar F Cassini "the Thury", French astronomer (geodesic labor), dies
1784 Friedrich W. Bessel, German astronomer, star parallax, Bessel Function
1783 Willem Bachiene, vicar/theologist/geography/astronomer, dies at 70
1774 Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, balloonist
1773 Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer, dies at 60
1773 Nathaniel Bowditch, mathematician, astronomer and author, Marine Sextant
1768 Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer, dies at 57
1764 John Goodricke, English astronomer/member Royal Society
1764 Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer, dies at 84
1764 George Parker, English astronomer, dies
1762 James Bradley, 3rd Astronomer Royal, dies
1759 Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, biologist/astronomer, dies at 60
1756 Jacques Cassini, Fr astronomer (Discover rings of Saturn), dies at 79
1750 Caroline Lucretia Herchel, Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronomer
1750 Caroline Herschel, astronomer/discoverer
1749 Pierre-Simon Laplace, mathematician/astronomer/physicist
1748 Jacques D "comte" Cassini, French astronomer
1744 Anders Celsius, Swed astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at 42
1741 Astronomer Anders Celcius introduces Centigrade temperature scale
1738 F William Herschel, German/English astronomer, discovered Uranus
1730 Charles Joseph Messier, astronomer, cataloguer of "M objects"
1727 Issac Newton, English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84
1723 Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 90
1720 Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England
1719 John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73
1714 Cesar F Cassini, de Thury, French astronomer, geodesic labor
1713 Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, astronomer who mapped the So Hemisphere
1712 Willem Bachiene, theologist/geographer/astronomer, Ecclesiastical
1712 Jean [Giovanni] D Cassini, Italian/French astronomer, dies
1712 Giovanni D Cassini, French astronomer, dies
1712 Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer
1711 Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer
1711 Ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer
1710 James Ferguson, astronomer
1698 Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer
1695 Christiaen Huygens, inventor/astronomer, dies at 66
1695 Christian Huygens, inventor/astronomer (ring of Saturn), dies at 66
1687 Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday
1682 English astronomer Edmund Halley sees his namesake comet
1679 Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer
1677 Jacques Cassini, French astronomer, rings of Saturn
1675 John Flamsteed appointed 1st Astronomer Royal of England
1666 Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies
1656 Edmund Halley, English astronomer, comet of Halley
1655 Jan Luyts, Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer
1650 Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74
1646 John Flamsteed, 1st astronomer royal of England
1642 Isaac Newton, Grantham England, physicist/mathematician/astronomer
1642 Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy
1638 Niels Stensen, Danish astronomer
1633 Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun
1632 Jan Vermeer, Holland, painter, Procuress, Astronomer
1632 Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect
1630 Johann Kepler, German astronomer, dies at 58
1629 Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer, discovered Saturn's rings
1626 Willebrord Snellius, astronomer/mathematician, dies at about 46
1624 Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54
1620 Jean Picard, French astronomer
1617 David Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53
1611 Johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer, star cataloger
1610 German astronomer Simon Marius 1st discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not officially report it, Galileo does on July 1 1610
1608 Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer
1601 Tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54
1596 Pieter D Keyzer/Keyser, astronomer/navigator (Java)
1595 Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies
1592 Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionaries/astronomer
1587 Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer, discovered sunspots
1578 Pedro Nunes, [Nonius], Port mathematician/astronomer (nonius), dies
1575 Christoph Scheiner, Germany, astronomer
1571 Johann Kepler, Wurttemberg Germany, astronomer, elliptical orbits
1564 David Fabricius, Essens Germany, astronomer, discoved variable star
1564 Galileo Galilei, Pisa Italy, astronomer/physicist
1555 Gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46
1552 Peter Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German astronomer, dies at 50
1546 Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer, Golden nose
1543 Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland
1542 Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52
1514 Rhaticus, [Rheticus], Austrian astronomer/mathematician
1508 Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer
1473 Nicolaus Copernicus, Torun, Poland, astronomer, heliocentrism
1449 Ulugh Beg, a U.S.S.R. astronomer, dies at 56
883 Albumasar, [Ahmad Aboe M Gafar al-Balkhi], Arabic astronomer, dies
33 Christ, crucified (according to astronomer Humphreys and Waddington)
30 Christ, crucified, according to astronomer Schaefer, dies
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