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The year 1845 in Science and Technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

ASTRONOMY

April – Lord Rosse discovers that the nebula M51 has a spiral structure

PHYSICS

September 13 – Michael Faraday discovers that an intense Magnetic Field can rotate the plane of polarized light

AWARDS

BIRTHS

March 3 - Georg Cantor (d. 1918 ), Mathematician .

March 27 - Wilhelm Röntgen (d. 1923 ), Physicist , discoverer of X-rays , Nobel Laureate .

September 11 - Emile Baudot (d. 1903 ), Telegraph engineer.

DEATHS

March 13 - John Frederic Daniell (b. 1790 ), Chemist and Physicist .

October 18 - Dominique, Comte De Cassini (b. 1748 ), French Astronomer .