* 1646 – John Flamsteed, English astronomer ( d. 1719 )

King Charles II, who founded the Royal Observatory Greenwich in 1675 instructed the first Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed, ".

* 1675 – 1719 John Flamsteed

From the time of John Flamsteed ( 1646 – 1719 ) it had been believed that the Earth's daily rotation was uniform.

* 1675 – John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.

Later a numbering system based on the star's right ascension was invented and added to John Flamsteed's star catalogue in his book " Historia coelestis Britannica " ( the 1712 edition ), whereby this numbering system came to be called Flamsteed designation or Flamsteed numbering.

* December – Earliest recorded sighting of the planet Uranus, by John Flamsteed, who mistakenly catalogues it as the star 34 Tauri.

* August 19 – John Flamsteed, English astronomer ( d. 1719 )

* December 31 – John Flamsteed, English astronomer ( b. 1646 )

John Flamsteed FRS ( 19 August 1646 – 31 December 1719 ) was an English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal.

Bust of John Flamsteed in the Museum of the Royal Greenwich Observatory

The science block at John Port School is named Flamsteed in recognition of his work for science.

John Flamsteed Community School in Denby carries his name.

* The correspondence of John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal compiled and edited by Eric G. Forbes, ... Lesley Murdin and Frances Willmoth.

* The Gresham lectures of John Flamsteed, edited and introduced by Eric G. Forbes.

* Newton's Tyranny: The Suppressed Scientific Discoveries of Stephen Gray and John Flamsteed, David H. Clark & Stephen H. P.

* John Flamsteed Biography ( SEDS )

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A lady, you made clear to me both by precept and example, never raised her voice or slumped in her chair, never failed in social tact ( in heaven, for instance, would not mention St. John the Baptist's head ), never pouted or withdrew or scandalized in company, never reminded others of her physical presence by unseemly sound or gesture, never indulged in public scenes or private confidences, never spoke of money save in terms of alleviating suffering, never gossiped or maligned, never stressed but always minimized the hopelessness of anything from sin to death itself.

Hearst won the Iowa state convention, but ran into a bitter battle in Indiana before losing to Parker, drawing an angry statement from Indiana's John W. Kern:

( John ) Boutflower of Christ's was twelfth in the list, coming from Perse School under Mr. Lovering as pensioner 20 April 1625 under Mr. Alsop.

Gov. John M. Dalton, himself a lawyer and a man of long service in government, spoke with rich background and experience when he said in an address here that lawyers ought to quit sitting in the Missouri General Assembly, or quit accepting fees from individuals and corporations who have controversies with or axes to grind with the government and who are retained, not because of their legal talents, but because of their government influence.

`` Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

Certainly, the meaning is clearer to one who is not familiar with Biblical teachings, in the New English Bible which reads: `` Then Jesus arrived at Jordan from Galilee, and he came to John to be baptized by him.

From the saddlebags, hung on a Hitchcock chair, David took out a good English razor, a present from John Hunter.

As has been the custom for the past several years, John Cross, Jr., Bench Show Chmn. of Westminster, arranged for the Juniors' meeting before the Class, and invited two speakers from the dog world to address them.

John Vernon had had all the patronage he cared for -- he had prospered, but he could not retire from horsedom.

This was built by John Templeman from plans submitted by James Finley of Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

From 1896 until 1910 John H. Whipple was manager of Western Union at the Center in the drugstore he purchased from Clark Wait.

On November 7, 1859, the Providence Daily Journal reprinted a letter sent to John Brown from `` E. B. '', a Quaker lady in Newport.

`` E. B. '' compared John Brown to Moses in that they were both acting to deliver millions from oppression.

In her letter to John Brown, `` E. B. '', the Quakeress from Newport, had suggested that the American people owed more honor to John Brown for seeking to free the slaves than they did to George Washington.

It ticked over smoothly, idling while Fogg exchanged mails with the armed messenger from Burlington at Fort Ethan Allen, and one from Montpelier and Barre at the St. John field.

One afternoon during a cold, powdery snowstorm, Fogg took off for Concord from the St. John field.

But our two Jeep mates -- Keo Viphakone from Luang Prabang and John Cool from Beaver, Pennsylvania -- were beaming under their coatings of dust.

John, an engineer and anthropologist with a doctorate from the London School of Economics, headed the rural development division of USOM, the United States Operations Mission administering U.S. aid.

When Giffen decided to charge him interest on the loan from John Palfrey, Gorham readily assented, vowing that in a matter of dollars and cents, his brothers would never have any cause to complain of him.

Thus, when Dartmouth's Winter Carnival -- widely recognized as the greatest, wildest, roaringest college weekend anywhere, any time -- was broadcast over a national television hookup, Prexy John Sloan Dickey appeared on the screen in rugged winter garb, topped off by a tam-o'-shanter which he confessed had been acquired from a Smith girl.

John himself was bruised and clawed from head to tail, but he was in this fight to the finish, running almost as strongly now as in the morning.

Tractor production at Massey-Ferguson, Ltd., of Toronto in July and August rose to 2,418 units from 869 in the like period a year earlier, says John Staiger, vice president.