Edmond Halley vs Jean-Antoine Watteau
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Compare the life timelines of Edmond Halley (1656–1742) and Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 37 years, from 1684 to 1721.
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Edmond Halley (1656–1742)
- — Born in Haggerston, near London Verified
- — Entered The Queen's College, Oxford Verified
- — Voyaged to Saint Helena to chart the southern stars Verified
- — Published Catalogus Stellarum Australium and elected Fellow of the Royal Society Verified
- — Married Mary Tooke Verified
- — Financed and oversaw the publication of Newton's Principia Verified
- — Appointed Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford Verified
- — Published A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets predicting the return of Halley's Comet Verified
- — Appointed Astronomer Royal Verified
- — Died at Greenwich Verified
Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721)
- — Born in Valenciennes Verified
- — Moved to Paris Verified
- — Worked in the studio of Claude Gillot Verified
- — Worked with the decorative painter Claude Audran III at the Luxembourg Palace Verified
- — Won second place in the Prix de Rome competition Verified
- — Received into the Royal Academy with the Pilgrimage to Cythera Verified
- — Traveled to London, possibly to consult the physician Richard Mead Verified
- — Painted the shop sign of the art dealer Gersaint (L'Enseigne de Gersaint) Verified
- — Died of tuberculosis at Nogent-sur-Marne Verified