Elliott Prussia & Austria By kaylmell Mar 7, 1500 Don Juan of Austria defeats Turkish fleet off fleet of Lepanto Period: Nov 20, 1602 to May 21, 1686 German engineer who invented the first air pump (Guericke, Otto) Period: Jan 1, 1641 to Jan 1, 1650 German mathematician Athanasius Kircher makes first projection latheren (laterna magica) Jun 1, 1746 England joins Austro-Russian alliance of June 1746 against Prussia Jan 1, 1789 Austrian Neatherlands declare independence as Belguim Jan 1, 1799 German inventor Senefelder invents lithography Jan 1, 1834 First German opems between Furth and Nuremburg Jan 1, 1838 Christian F. Schobein discovers and names ozone Jan 2, 1838 F.W. Bessel makes the first parallax measurement of a fixed star Jan 1, 1842 C.J . Doppler describes the effect of velocity on sound and light waves (Doppler effect) Jan 1, 1847 Helmholtz: 'On the Conversation of Energy' Jan 1, 1850 Rudolf Clasius states the 2nd law of thermodynamics Jan 1, 1856 Neanderthal skull found near Dusseldorf, Germany Jan 1, 1886 Element Germium discovered Jan 1, 1888 German physicist who was the first to broadcast and receive radio waves Jan 1, 1905 Special Theory of Relativity Jan 1, 1906 Alzheimer identifies new brain disorder Jan 1, 1934 First freeways Jan 1, 1938 Finds evidence of first nuclear fission Jan 1, 1986 M.H Klaproth German Chemist discovers uranium