Royal Society Founded
November 28, 1660
At Gresham College in London, a group of natural philosophers including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, and John Wilkins met to formalize their weekly discussions into a permanent society for the promotion of experimental learning. Two years later, Charles II granted the Royal Society a charter. English science had acquired an institution.
In context
Also in 1660 (3 other events on record)
- Restoration of Charles II · Europe · Politics
- Samuel Pepys Begins His Diary · Europe · Culture
- Rembrandt's Last Self-Portrait Period · Europe · Culture
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Science
Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.
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