Tag: Gottfried Kirch

This day in history we feature Great Comet of 1680. German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the first comet by telescope on this day in 1680. Trivia – Great Comet of 1680 C/1680 V1, also called the Great Comet of 1680, Kirch’s Comet, and Newton’s Comet. It became one of the brightest comets of the seventeenth […]

Gottfried Kirch discovered the Great Comet – Kirch’s Comet/Newton’s Comet – on this day in 1680. Did you know that: • Samuel Pepys reported the first blood transfusion (between dogs) on this day in 1666• “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson was first published by Cassell & Co on this day in 1883• Albert Einstein […]