1543★★★★★
Vesalius publishes De humani corporis fabrica
Andreas Vesalius publishes his illustrated work on human anatomy based on direct dissection, founding modern anatomy.
Science· Switzerland
Timeline
4 events16th century
20th century
- 1905★★★★★
Einstein's miracle year
Albert Einstein publishes four papers on the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, special relativity and mass–energy equivalence.
Science· Switzerland - May 8, 1980★★★★★
Smallpox declared eradicated
The World Health Assembly officially declares smallpox eradicated, the first human infectious disease to be wiped out.
ScienceDisease· Switzerland
21st century
- July 4, 2012★★★★★
Discovery of the Higgs boson announced
CERN announces that the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the Large Hadron Collider have observed a particle consistent with the Higgs boson.
Science· Switzerland, France