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1731 Establishments In India
Events January–March * January 8 – An avalanche from the Skafjell mountain causes a massive wave in the Storfjorden (Sunnmøre), Storfjorden fjord in Norway that sinks all boats that happen to be in the water at the time and kills people on both shores. * January 25 – A fire in Brussels at the Coudenberg, Coudenberg Palace, at this time the home of the ruling Austrian Duchy of Brabant, Duchess of Brabant, destroys the building, including the state records stored therein."Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance'', Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p49 * February 16 – In China, the Yongzheng Emperor , Emperor Yongzheng orders grain to be shipped from Hubei and Guangdong to the famine-stricken Shangzhou District, Shangzhou region of Shaanxi province. * February 20 – Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, Louise Hippoly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crab Nebula
The Crab Nebula (catalogue designations Messier object, M1, New General Catalogue, NGC 1952, Taurus (constellation), Taurus A) is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus (constellation), Taurus. The common name comes from William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, who observed the object in 1842 using a telescope and produced a drawing that looked somewhat like a crab. The nebula was discovered by English astronomer John Bevis in 1731, and it corresponds with SN 1054, a bright supernova recorded by Chinese astronomy, Chinese astronomers in 1054. The nebula was the first astronomical object identified that corresponds with a historical supernova explosion. At an apparent magnitude of 8.4, comparable to that of Titan (moon), Saturn's moon Titan, it is not visible to the naked eye but can be made out using binoculars under favourable conditions. The nebula lies in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way galaxy, at a distance of about from Earth. It has a diame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
