Joseph Priestley vs Louis Antoine de Bougainville
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Compare the life timelines of Joseph Priestley (1733–1804) and Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 71 years, from 1733 to 1804.
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Joseph Priestley (1733–1804)
- — Born in Birstall, Yorkshire Verified
- — Studied at Daventry Academy Verified
- — Married Mary Wilkinson Verified
- — Elected Fellow of the Royal Society Verified
- — Published The History and Present State of Electricity Verified
- — Invented carbonated water Verified
- — Discovered oxygen Verified
- — Home and laboratory destroyed in the Birmingham riots Verified
- — Emigrated to the United States Verified
- — Died in Northumberland, Pennsylvania Verified
Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811)
- — Born in Paris, France Verified
- — Published a treatise on integral calculus Verified
- — Served as aide-de-camp to Montcalm in New France during the Seven Years' War Verified
- — Founded a French settlement in the Falkland Islands Verified
- — Led the first official French circumnavigation of the globe Verified
- — Published Voyage autour du monde Verified
- — Served in the French navy during the American Revolutionary War Verified
- — Made a senator and Count of the Empire under Napoleon Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified