Academie Des Sciences 1666
- industry:
- Scientific society
- Nationality:
- French
- based:
- Paris, Ville de Paris, Île-de-France, France
1666 - Jean-Baptiste Colbert chose a small group of scholars to meet in the King Louis XIV's library, recently installed in rue Vivienne, Paris.
1699 - Louis XIV gave the Company its first rules, received the title of Royal Academy of Sciences and was installed in the Louvre in Paris.
1793 - following the French Revolution, the Convention abolished all the academies.
1795 - the National Institute of Sciences and Arts was created.
1805 - the National Institute of Sciences and Arts was transferred to the premises of the College of the Four Nations.
1816 - after the restoration of the monarchy, the Académie des Sciences was re-established as an independent body and is now one of the Institut de France's five constituent academies. 23, quai de Conti - 75006 PARIS
1835 - under the influence of François Arago, the Comptes Rendus [Proceedings] of the Academy of Sciences were inaugurated and became an instrument of prime importance for the dissemination of French and foreign scientific studies.
