Linnaeus publishes Systema Naturae
ScienceCarl Linnaeus publishes his system for classifying living things, the basis of modern binomial nomenclature.
- Date
- 1735 · View on map
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- NetherlandsSweden
- Regions
- Europe
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- ★★★★★
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