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Jean Sylvain Bailly

Jean Sylvain Bailly
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Jean Sylvain Bailly was a French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader of the early part of the French Revolution. He presided over the Tennis Court Oath, served as the mayor of Paris from 1789 to 1791, and was ultimately guillotined during the Reign of Terror.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Charles-Augustin de CoulombJune 14, 1736 – August 23, 1806
  2. Edward Waring1736 – August 15, 1798
  3. Jean Sylvain Bailly (this page)September 15, 1736 – November 12, 1793
  4. Johannes Nikolaus TetensSeptember 16, 1736 – August 1807
  5. Joseph-Louis LagrangeJanuary 25, 1736 – April 10, 1813
  6. Rudolf Erich RaspeMarch 1736 – November 1, 1794

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