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Chronology

LIFE

  • 1879th Born in Dalj, 16 (28) in May
  • 1885 to 1889. acquire basic education at home
  • 1889 - in 1896. attending sedmorazrednu Modern Gymnasium in Osijek
  • 1896th enrolled in construction technology at the Technical University of Vienna
  • 1902nd passed the final exam
  • 1904th defended his doctoral dissertation Attachment theory wrong pressure
  • 1905 -1909. works as a construction engineer in Vienna
  • 1909th moved to Belgrade where he was elected an associate professor of applied mathematics at the University of Belgrade
  • 1912th participates in the Balkan War
  • 1914 - 1918. arrested on honeymoon in Dalj, confined to a camp in Nežideru, and then interned in Budapest
  • 1919th appointed full professor of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade
  • 1920th elected a corresponding member of the Serbian Royal Academy and the Yugoslav Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1941 - 1944. secluded lives, writes memoirs and books about the history of science and technology
  • 1948th elected vice-president of SASA
  • 1951st appointed director of the Astronomical Observatory
  • 1955th retired
  • 1958th died 12th December In 1966. remains were transferred to the family tomb in Dalj

WORK

  • 1904th published the first scientific works on mathematics and celestial mechanics
  • 1912th published his first work in the field of mathematical theory of climate - "Contribution to the theory of mathematical theory of climate"
  • 1920th Milankovitch published in Paris Book "Théorie mathématique des Produits phénomēnes thermiques par la radiation Solaire"
  • 1921st started in collaboration with the Köppen
  • 1923rd Constantinople is the Julian reform proposal kalenadara
  • 1924th in the work of Köppen and Wegener, "Air Die der Geologischen Vorzeit" first printed Milankovitch insolation curves
  • 1925th began writing his most popular works, "Through the Universe and the Ages"
  • 1933rd announces, "Numerical calculations of the secular path of rotation of the poles," and for the contributions to Guttenberg, "Handbook of Geophysics"
  • 1941st completed his major work "The Canon of Insolation of the Earth and its application to the problem of ice ages"
  • 1950th completed the first part of the book "Memories, experiences and insights"
  • 1956th finished second and third book of "memories, experiences and insights"
  • 1969th "Canon of Insolation of the Earth and its application to the problem of ice age" was translated into English
  • 1970th to 14 Congress of the International Astronomical Union in Brighton a crater on the moon gets Milankovićevo name
  • 1973rd to 15 Congress of the International Astronomical Union in Sydney a crater on Mars gets Milankovićevo name
  • 1976th American Journal of Science (No. 194) provides evidence on the accuracy Milankvićeve theory that, after years of research in the CLIMAP project, amount of Hays, Imbrie and Shackleton referred to as "Variations of the Earth's orbit - pacemaker ice age"
  • 1979th on the occasion of the centenary of the birth was held in Belgrade conference, "The Life and Work of Milutin"
  • 1982nd held an international symposium "Milankovich and Climate" at Columbia University in New York where the Milankovitch climate cycles are confirmed as one of the greatest scientific achievements of 20th century
  • 1982nd planetoid in 1605 (labeled 1936g) named after Milutin
  • 1992nd San Francisco held an international symposium dedicated to the Milankovitch "Ten Years Later"
  • 1993rd European geophysical society begins each year, awarded a medal "Milutin Milankovitch" the most significant scientific achievements in geophysics
  • 1997th began work on leaving Milankovićevih selected works; published seven books
  • 1997th "Canon of Insolation of the Earth and its application to the problem of ice age" was translated and published in Serbian
  • 1998th "Canon of Insolation of the Earth and its application to the problem of ice ages," re-released in English
  • 2000th "Canon of Insolation of the Earth and its application to the problem of ice age" was translated and published in Japanese
  • 2004th occasion of the 125th Milankovićevog birth anniversary was held in Belgrade, International Scientific Conference "Paleoklima the Earth's climate system", with the participation of the world's most climate scientists
  • 2008th in addition, in znanstvenikovoj native home, on the 50th anniversary of Milankovitch's death, held an international symposium "Creativity Milutin"