Timeline Friday 30 August 1844

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Friday 30 August 1844

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Events on Friday 30 August 1844 1

1774 – 1844 Francis Baily (1774-1844) Died 30 August 1844, aged 70 English astronomer and a founder of the Royal Astronomical Society. He described "Baily's beads", the points of sunlight seen at the edge of the Moon during a solar eclipse.

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