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The seventh king of Portugal (1325 - 1357).
British naturalist and explorer who studied camouflage in animals.
A Russian chemist and inventor who led to his discovery of the periodic law and periodic table.
An Indian who served as the third President of India from 1967 to 1969 and an educationist and was co-founder of the Jamia Milia Islamia.
Verne was interested in geographical and science discovery which inspired him to write.
The Russo-Japanese War begins after the Japanese navy launches a surprise attack on Port Arthur, China, damaging and blockading the Russian fleet.
The silent motion picture "The Birth of a Nation", also known as "The Clansman", directed by D.W. Griffith, opens to mixed but popular reaction in Los Angeles.
Bobby Fischer, at the age of 15, becomes the youngest international grand master in the history of chess.
Charles de Gaulle, the first elected president of the newly formed Fifth Republic of France, takes office.
A French author was born on 8th February, 1828, in France. Verne was interested in geographical and science discovery which inspired him to write on the possibility of exploring a balloon in Africa but publishers rejected his work. Then a publisher suggested him to rewrite it in an adventurous way. Finally, he wrote his book with a title (Five Weeks in a Balloon (Cinq Semaines en Ballon). Its success encouraged him and he wrote other adventurous stories. His stories were very well documented on the scientific ground. In his stories he wrote about the flights into outer space, helicopters, air conditioning, submarines and motion pictures.
Jules, died on March 24, 1905, in Amiens, France.
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