{"slug": "william-herschel", "label": "William Herschel", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herschel", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14277", "qid": "Q14277", "description": "German-born British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)", "entries": 9, "years": 7, "span": [1738, 1822], "span_label": ["1738 CE", "1822 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 7}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "george-iii", "label": "George III", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "saturn", "label": "Saturn", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1738, "year_label": "1738 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 15", "text": "November 15 – William Herschel, German-born astronomer (d. 1822)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363165384#Births", "title": "1738", "revid": 1363165384, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1781, "year_label": "1781 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "March 13", "text": "March 13 – Sir William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus. Originally he calls it Georgium Sidus (George's Star), in honour of King George III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370562964#January–March", "title": "1781", "revid": 1370562964, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1785, "year_label": "1785 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "April 28", "text": "April 28 – Astronomer William Herschel begins his second series of surveys of the stars, published in 1789.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370566385#April–June", "title": "1785", "revid": 1370566385, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1786, "year_label": "1786 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – British astronomer William Herschel publishes his first list of his discoveries, Catalogue of One Thousand New Nebulae and Clusters of Stars; two additional books are published in 1789 and 1802.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370552329#April–June", "title": "1786", "revid": 1370552329, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1787, "year_label": "1787 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "Caroline Herschel is granted an annual salary of £50, by King George III of Great Britain, for acting as assistant to her brother William in astronomy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370561702#Date_unknown", "title": "1787", "revid": 1370561702, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1787, "year_label": "1787 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "January 11", "text": "January 11 – William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370561702#January–March", "title": "1787", "revid": 1370561702, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1787, "year_label": "1787 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "April 19", "text": "April 19 – British astronomer Sir William Herschel notices three red glowing spots on the dark part of the Moon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370561702#April–June", "title": "1787", "revid": 1370561702, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1789, "year_label": "1789 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "August 28", "text": "August 28 – William Herschel discovers Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818853#July–September", "title": "1789", "revid": 1368818853, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1822, "year_label": "1822 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 25", "text": "August 25 – William Herschel, German-born British astronomer (b. 1738)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367154222#July–December", "title": "1822", "revid": 1367154222, "section": "Deaths › July–December"}}]}