Portal:History of science/Selected anniversaries/July 3
July 3:[edit]
- 1672 - Death of Francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635)
- 1749 - Death of William Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675)
- 1790 - Death of Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French chemist (b. 1736)
- 1844 - The last pair of Great Auks is killed
- 1886 - Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen - the first purpose-built automobile
- 1977 - Death of Alexander M. Volkov, Russian novelist and mathematician (b. 1891)