Events from 1854

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1854

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1854 ID: 363
George Boole publishes 'An Investigation of the Laws of Thought', fully developing Boolean algebra and mathematical logic
ID: 363
1854 ID: 897
John Gibbs: compulsory vaccination first direct aggression upon person in medical matters
ID: 897
1854 ID: 898
Institution of Accountants in Glasgow founded - world's first professional accounting body
ID: 898
Glasgow
1854 ID: 899
Riemann lectures On Hypotheses Which Lie at Foundations of Geometry - challenges space assumptions
ID: 899
1854 ID: 900
George Boole publishes Investigation of Laws of Thought - algebraic foundation for computer science
ID: 900
1854 ID: 901
First reinforced concrete structure built by Francois Coignet in France
ID: 901
1854 ID: 902
John Snow identifies contaminated water pump as cholera source in London
ID: 902
London
1854 ID: 903
Chicago cholera outbreak kills 3,500 people - 5.5% of population
ID: 903
Chicago
1854 ID: 896
December 8, 1854
Pope Pius IX proclaims dogma of Immaculate Conception - Mary preserved from original sin
ID: 896

Books & Texts from 1854

📖 henry-david-thoreau - walden-and-on-the-duty-of-civil-disobedience
📖 charles-dickens - hard-times
📖 louisa-may-alcott - flower-fables