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1845 in science

The year 1845 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1844 in science, other events of 1845, 1846 in science and the list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Astronomy 2 Physics 3 Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths

Astronomy

• April – Lord Rosse discovers that the nebula M51 has a spiral structure

Physics

• September 13 – Michael Faraday discovers that an intense magnetic field can rotate the plane of polarized light

Awards

• Copley Medal: Theodor Schwann
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: John Phillips

Births

• March 27 - Wilhelm Röntgen, physicist, discoverer of X-rays, Nobel laureate (died 1923)
• September 11 - Emile Baudot, telegraph engineer (died 1903)

Deaths

• March 13 - John Frederic Daniell, chemist and physicist (born 1790)
• October 18 - Dominique, comte de Cassini, French astronomer (born 1748)

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