What Happened in January 1758

Historical Events

Standardized Species Names

Jan 1 The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature establish the "starting point" for standardized species names across the animal kingdom, based on the binomial nomenclature by Carolus Linnaeus 10th edition of Systema Naturae

Taxonomist, Botanist, Physician and Zoologist Carl Linnaeus

Jan 11 Russian troops occupy Königsberg, East-Prussia [NS=Jan 22]
Jan 22 Russian troops occupy Königsberg, East Prussia [OS=Jan 11]

Events in 1758

Famous Birthdays

Jan 20 Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, French chemist (worked with husband Antoine Lavoisier), born in Montbrison, France (d. 1836)
Jan 24 Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, German composer, born in Epfenhausen, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1801)

Born in 1758