Historedia
Person

Sir William Herschel

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1800

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Sir William Herschel, 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. Discovery of Infrared Radiation

    1800

    Role: Discoverer of infrared radiation

    1. 1800 · Herschel's location during the experimentsFilter experiments reveal invisible heat

      While testing coloured sunlight filters in early 1800, Herschel noticed filters of different colours generated varying amounts of heat.

    2. 1800 · Royal Society of London (publication venue)Publication before the Royal Society

      Herschel published his discovery of infrared radiation in 1800 before the Royal Society of London.

Sources

  1. Infrared Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-24
  2. William Herschel Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26