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Peter Andreas Hansen
1874 Mar, 28

Peter Andreas Hansen

Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)
Peter Andreas Hansen (born 8 December 1795, Tønder, Schleswig, Denmark; died 28 March 1874, Gotha, Thuringia, Germany) was a Danish-born German astronomer.

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    Tichborne case

    One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
  • 15 Mar

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    Gert Alberts

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  • 7 Nov

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