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Julius Lothar Meyer
1830Aug, 19

Julius Lothar Meyer

Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (d. 1895)
Julius Lothar Meyer (19 August 1830 – 11 April 1895) was a German chemist. He was one of the pioneers in developing the earliest versions of the periodic table of the chemical elements. Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev (his chief rival) and he had both worked with Robert Bunsen. Meyer never used his first given name, and was known throughout his life simply as Lothar Meyer.

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    Latter Day Saint movement

    Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith and others at either Fayette or Manchester, New York.
  • 13May

    Gran Colombia

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  • 28May

    Indian Removal Act

    U.S. President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which relocates Native Americans.
  • 14Jun

    Invasion of Algiers in 1830

    Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: Thirty-four thousand French soldiers begin their invasion of Algiers, landing 27 kilometers west at Sidi Fredj.
  • 2Aug

    Henri, Count of Chambord

    Charles X of France abdicates the throne in favor of his grandson Henri.