Linnaeus Born
May 17, 1707
On a small parsonage in Smaland, Sweden, a boy was born who would one day organize all living things into genera and species. Carl Linnaeus's father called him his little botanist because he could not stop naming flowers. The two-word Latin phrase, Homo sapiens among them, became his lasting gift to science.
In context
Also in 1707 (5 other events on record)
- Aurangzeb Dies, Mughal Empire Unravels · South Asia · Politics
- Act of Union Creates Great Britain · Europe · Politics
- Mount Fuji's Last Eruption · East Asia · Disaster
- Maratha Resurgence Under Shahu · South Asia · Politics
- Scilly Naval Disaster · Europe · Exploration
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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