237 Years ago: Swiss physicist Jakob II Bernoulli died.
July 14, 2026This insight lists historic events that occurred on the same day in the past.
- July 14, 1789: Day of death of Jakob II Bernoulli. Jakob II Bernoulli, born in Basel on October 17, 1759, was a Swiss physicist and the younger brother of Johann III Bernoulli. He excelled in geometry, eventually becoming a professor of experimental physics at a young age, and later contributed to various scientific societies while residing in Saint Petersburg, where he tragically drowned in 1789 shortly after marrying a granddaughter of Leonhard Euler. See wikipedia for more information.
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