Historical events timeline.
Louis Pasteur was born on December 27, 1822 in Dole, France. #history #science
Pasteur attends primary school in Arbois, showing early talent in drawing. #education #biography
Pasteur enrolls at the Collège Royal de Besançon to pursue his baccalauréat. #education
Pasteur earns his Baccalauréat ès Lettres at Besançon. #education #biography
Pasteur passes the entrance examination for the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. #education
Pasteur begins his studies at the École Normale Supérieure, a prestigious French institution. #education
Pasteur receives his doctorate in physical sciences from the École Normale Supérieure. #science #biography
Pasteur discovers molecular asymmetry by separating dextro- and levo-rotary forms of tartaric acid. #chemistry #science
Pasteur becomes Professor of Chemistry at the University of Strasbourg. #academia #biography
Pasteur marries Marie Laurent, daughter of the rector of the University of Strasbourg. #personal
Pasteur is awarded the Knight's Cross of the Legion of Honour for his work on tartaric acid. #award
Pasteur becomes Professor of Chemistry and Dean of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Lille. #academia
The Royal Society awards Pasteur the Rumford Medal for his discovery of the nature of racemic acid. #award #science
Pasteur publishes his seminal work on lactic acid fermentation, showing it is caused by living microorganisms. #microbiology #science
Pasteur initiates experiments to disprove the theory of spontaneous generation. #science #experiment
Pasteur's famous swan-neck flask experiment demonstrates that microbes come from the air, not spontaneous generation. #microbiology #science
Pasteur is elected as a member of the Académie des Sciences. #honors
Pasteur becomes Professor of Chemistry at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. #academia
Pasteur invents pasteurization, a process of heating liquids to kill pathogens, initially for wine. #invention #science
Pasteur investigates the pébrine disease affecting silkworms, saving the French silk industry. #biology #agriculture
Pasteur suffers a severe cerebral hemorrhage that paralyzes his left side, but he recovers partially. #health #biography
Pasteur is elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society of London. #honors #science
The Royal Society awards Pasteur the Copley Medal for his contributions to chemistry and microbiology. #award #science
Pasteur explicitly states the germ theory of disease, asserting that specific microorganisms cause specific diseases. #medicine #science
Pasteur discovers that pathogens can be weakened (attenuated) to create vaccines, initially with chicken cholera. #vaccination #science
Pasteur publicly demonstrates the anthrax vaccine at Pouilly-le-Fort, protecting sheep from anthrax. #vaccine #medicine
Pasteur is elected to the Académie Française, the highest French literary institution. #honors
Pasteur is elected a Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences. #honors #science
Pasteur successfully administers the first rabies vaccine to Joseph Meister, a boy bitten by a rabid dog. #vaccine #medicine
Pasteur treats and saves Jean-Baptiste Jupille, a shepherd bitten by a rabid wolf, further validating the vaccine. #vaccine #medicine
Pasteur treats 19 peasants from Russia bitten by rabid wolves, saving most, leading to international acclaim. #vaccine #medicine
Pasteur establishes the Institut Pasteur in Paris to further research and treatment of infectious diseases. #institution #science
The Institut Pasteur is officially inaugurated with Pasteur as its first director. #institution #biography
Additional Pasteur Institutes are founded worldwide for rabies treatment and research. #institution #medicine
Louis Pasteur dies on September 28, 1895 in Marnes-la-Coquette, France. #biography #history