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1439. [ii.] On July 12, a comet about 10° long appeared 

 near the Hyades for seven weeks. — (Biot.) Perhaps the pre- 

 ceding after its P.P. A comet, lasting one month, was seen 

 this year in Poland. — (Duglossus Historia Polonica, xii.) In 

 Japan also a comet was seen. — (Kaempfer, Hist. Japon, ii. 5.) 



1444. A comet appeared about the time of the sun's 

 solstice, or on June 15 according to others. — (G. Fabricius, 

 JRerum Memorabilium Germanice.) On August 6, a comet 10' 

 long was seen to the E. of Leo ; it became longer day by day, 

 till August 15, when it entered the sidereal division of a 

 Virginis and disappeared. — (Biot.) 



1452. On March 5, a comet appeared near the Hyades. — 

 (Gaubil.) 



1453. On January 4, an extraordinary star appeared near 

 the nebula in Cancer (Prassepe). It went slowly westwards. 

 — (Biot; Gaubil.) 



1454. In the summer, a comet like a sword became visible 

 in the evenings after sunset. — (Phranza, Ghronicon De Rebus 

 Constantinopolitanis, iii.) 



1457. [i.] On January 14, a comet with a tail ^° long was 

 seen in the division of e Tauri. It went to the S.E., and on 

 January 23 it disappeared. — (Biot; Pontanus, Historia Gel- 

 rica, ix.) 



1457. [ii.] In June, a comet appeared in the 20th degree 

 of Pisces. — (Ghronicon Nuremberg ense, etc.) The conclusion 

 seems unavoidable, that there were two comets in June, and 

 that this is not identical with the one computed by Hind. 



1458 or 1459. (Probably the former.) In June, July, a 

 comet appeared in Taurus [?] . — (De Mailla, x. 236 ; Rocken- 

 backius, Excerpta Gometarum.) 



1458. On December 24, a star appeared in the division of 

 a Hydra? ; it went to the W. till December 27, when it became 

 faint ; it was near a, y, £, 77 Leonis. On December 31, it had 

 a tail ^° long ; it " attacked" \ (or <£) Cancri. On January 

 12, 1459, it disappeared in the division of /n Geminorum. — 

 (Biot.) 



1460. James II. of Scotland was killed on August 3, 1460. 

 The evening before his death, a very brilliant comet with a 

 long tail was seen. — (Boethius, Hist. Scot, xviii.) 



1461. On July 30, a white star appeared near h, I, g 

 Tauri Poniatowski. On August 2, it transformed itself into a 

 vapour and disappeared. — (Biot.) 



1463. In this year (no month assigned) a comet was seen 

 near t and v Virginis. — (Gaubil.) 



1464. In the spring, a comet was seen in Leo. — (Gaubil.) 



1465. In March and April, a comet with a tail 30° long 

 was seen in the N.W. — (Biot; Kaempfer, Hist. Japon, ii. 5.) 



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