Founding of the Academy of Sciences
Peter I creates a home for Euler, Bernoulli and Lomonosov
In 1724 Peter I decreed the founding of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, which opened in 1725. Its members included Leonhard Euler, Daniel Bernoulli and later Mikhail Lomonosov.
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Middle East
- 1747 Ahmad Shah Durrani founds the Afghan state — 23 years later
Alive at the time
- Isaac Newton (aged 81)
- Peter the Great (aged 52)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (aged 39)
- Voltaire (aged 30)
- Benjamin Franklin (aged 18)
- Mikhail Lomonosov (aged 13)
- Ahmed III (aged 51)
- Vitus Bering (aged 43)
- Tokugawa Yoshimune (aged 40)
- Catherine I (aged 40)