Philosophical Transactions Launched
1665
The Royal Society's secretary Henry Oldenburg began publishing the Philosophical Transactions, a monthly record of experiments, letters, and discoveries submitted to the Society. It was the first scientific journal in the English-speaking world and has been continuously published for over three and a half centuries, establishing the template for how scientists share findings and claim credit for discovery.
In context
Also in 1665 (3 other events on record)
- Newton's Annus Mirabilis Begins · Europe · Science
- Great Plague of London · Europe · Science
- Second Anglo-Dutch War Begins · Europe · War
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Science
Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.