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Astronomer Royal

position in the Royal Households of the United Kingdom

6 dated entries naming Astronomer Royal, drawn from 6 separate years between 1675 CE and 1767 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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17th century

  • 1675March 4 – John Flamsteed is appointed by King Charles II as England's "astronomical observator", in effect, becoming the first Astronomer Royal.source
  • 1690December 13 – The planet Uranus is first sighted and recorded, by England's first Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed, who mistakenly catalogs it as a star 34 Tauri.source

18th century

  • 1720February 10 – Edmond Halley is appointed as Astronomer Royal for England.source
  • 1742January 14 – Edmond Halley dies; James Bradley succeeds him as Astronomer Royal of Great Britain.source
  • 1762July 13 – James Bradley, English Astronomer Royal (b. 1693)source
  • 1767January 1 – The first annual volume of The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, produced by British Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, gives navigators the means to find longitude at sea, using tables of lunar distance.source

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