Wilhelm Julius Foerster

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1875

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Wilhelm Julius Foerster, 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. Metre Convention signed in Paris

   1875

   Role: German astronomer who, with the Russian and Austrian representatives, boycotted the Permanent Committee of the International Metre Commission to prompt the reunion of the Diplomatic Conference and promote the foundation of a permanent BIPM

   1. 11875 · ParisEstablishment of the BIPM

      The treaty created the International Bureau of Weights and Measures as a permanent institution in France.

   2. 21875 · ParisGeodetic Standard Decision

      The Permanent Commission of the European Arc Measurement decided to create an international geodetic standard calibrated against the metre.

   3. 320 May 1875 · ParisSigning of the Metre Convention

      Representatives from seventeen countries signed the Convention of the Metre in Paris on 20 May 1875.

Sources

1. Metre Convention Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05