Historedia
Person

Charles Messier

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1773

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Charles Messier, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Messier Discovers Whirlpool Galaxy

    1773

    Role: French astronomer

    1. 13 October 1773 · unknownDiscovery of the Whirlpool Galaxy

      Charles Messier discovered the Whirlpool Galaxy on October 13, 1773, designating it as M51 in his catalogue.

Sources

  1. Charles Messier Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13
  2. Whirlpool Galaxy Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-03