Data for Societies Founded from 1860 to 1869 52 Societies 42 Websites Last Updated: 2024, February 5

1860 Seat Society Name More Details England London Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) France Paris Société de Statistique de Paris (SSP) (Statistical Society of Paris) [In 1997 the Société de Statistique de Paris (SSP) (founded 1860), the Association pour la Statistique et ses Utilisations (ASU) (founded in 1969), and the Société de Statistique de France (SSF) (founded in 1976) merged to form the Société Française de Statistique (SFdS).] Defunct Sweden Stockholm Sveriges Veterinärförbund (SVF) (Swedish Veterinary Association)

1861 Seat Society Name More Details Cuba Havana Academia de Ciencias de Cuba (ACC) (Academy of Sciences of Cuba) [The Academy was founded in 1861 as Real Academia de Ciencias Médicas, Físicas y Naturales de la Habana. With the founding of the Republic in 1902, it became Academia de Ciencias Médicas, Físicas y Naturales de la Habana. And in 1962, it became Academia de Ciencias de Cuba.] Sweden Stockholm Civilingenjörsförbundet (CF) (Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers) ["CF has its origins in the Swedish Association of Technologists, which was formed back in 1861." According to a Wikipedia article, on January 1, 2007, the CF merged with the Ingenjörsförbundet(Engineers' Union) to form the Sveriges Ingenjörer (Sweden's Engineers).] Ceased to exist independently Venezuela Caracas Colegio de Ingenieros de Venezuela (CIV) (College of Engineers of Venezuela) Italy Milano Società Agraria di Lombardia (Agricultural Society of Lombardy) Luxembourg Société des Sciences Médicales du Grand Duché de Luxembourg (SSM) (Society of Medical Sciences of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) [The Society was founded on 1861 September 22, but had a very brief existence. On 1862, July 20 it was re-established on a solid footing. The Society is now the medical section of the Institut Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg.]

1862 Seat Society Name More Details Netherlands Utrecht Koninklijke Nederlandse Maatschappij voor Diergeneeskunde (Royal Netherlands Society for Veterinary Medicine) France Senlis Société d'Histoire et d'Archéologie de Senlis (History and Archeology Society of Senlis) Belgium Brussels Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique (SRBB) = Koninklijke Belgische Botanische Vereniging (KBBV) (Royal Botanical Society of Belgium) OR

1863 Seat Society Name More Details United States of America Schaumburg (Illinois) American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Germany Jena Astronomische Gesellschaft (AG) (Astronomical Society) Canada Guelph (original seat was Toronto) Entomological Society of Ontario (ESO) United States of America Washington, D.C. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Russia Moscow Общество Любителей Естествознания, Антропологии и Этнографии [Obŝestvo Lûbitelej Estestvoznaniâ, Antropologii i Ètnografii] (Society of Lovers of Natural Science, Anthropolgy and Ethnography) The Society was founded in 1863 in Moscow, and was called at various times: the Общество Любителей Естествознания, Антропологии и Этнографии and the Императорское Общество Любителей Естествознания, Антропологии и Этнографии. Records at Univ. Chicago cat. indicate that Izviestiia Obshchestva liubitelei estestvoznaniia, antropologii i etnografii was published T. 1 (1866)-t. 128 (1914). In 1931, the Society merged into the Московское Общество Испытателей Природы (which had been founded in 1805).] Ceased to exist independently Belgium Brussels Société Royale Zoologique de Belgique (SRZB) = Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Dierkunde (KBVD) (Royal Belgian Zoological Society)

1864 Seat Society Name More Details Mexico Mexico City Academia Nacional de Medicina (ANM) (National Academy of Medicine (Mexico)) Denmark Copenhagen International Association of Geodesy (IAG) = Association Internationale de Géodésie (AIG) = Asociación Internacional de Geodesia (AIG) = Internationale Assoziation für Geodäsie (IAG) France Paris Société de Linguistique de Paris (SLP) (Linguistic Society of Paris)

1865 Seat Society Name More Details Switzerland Geneva International Telecommunication Union (ITU) England London London Mathematical Society (LMS) France Paris Société Française de Numismatique (French Society for Numismatics)

1866 Seat Society Name More Details Romania Bucharest Academia Română (AR) (Romanian Academy) [Founded in 1866 as Romanian Literary Society, became Romanian Academic Society in 1867, and in 1879 was renamed Romanian Academy.] Czech Republic Prague Česká Společnost Chemická = Česká Chemická Společnost (CCS) (Czech Chemical Society) Croatia Zagreb Hrvatska Akademija Znanosti i Umjetnosti (HAZU) (Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts) [Founded in 1866 as Jugoslavenska Akademija Znanosti i Umjetnosti (JAZU); took its present name in 1991.] England London Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) Russia St. Petersburg Русское Историческое Общество (РИО) [Russkoe Istoričeskoe Obŝestvo] (Russian Historical Society) [The Society was founded in St. Petersburg in 1866 as the Русское Историческое Общество. Around 1874 it became the Императорское Историческое Общество. It appears to have ceased to exist in 1917. Records at Univ. Calif. cat. indicate that Sbornik Russkago istoricheskago obshchestva was published 1867-1873 (t.1. - t.12), and that it was continued by Sbornik Imperatorskago istoricheskago obshchestva, which was published 1874-1916 (t.13 - t.148).] Defunct Russia St. Petersburg Русское Техническое Общество (РТО) [Russkoe Tehničeskoe Obŝestvo] (Russian Technical Society) [The Society was founded in St. Petersburg in 1866. It appears to have ceased to exist in 1917.] Defunct Argentina Buenos Aires Sociedad Rural Argentina (SRA) (Argentine Agricultural Society) Italy Genova Società di Letture e Conversazioni Scientifiche di Genova (Society of Letters and Scientific Conversations of Genova) [This Society was founded in 1866 as the Gabinetto di Lettura. It later had the following names: (1) Società di Letture; (2) Società di Letture e Conversazioni Scientifiche di Genova; and (3) Società di Letture e Conversazioni Scientifiche.] France Paris Société Linnéenne de Paris (Linnean Society of Paris) [This Society was founded in 1866 by Ernest-Henri Baillon. Its last publication was dated 30 November, 1899; it appears to have stopped functioning early in the 20th century (p.156 of Aymonin (1974)). Its founders evidently made no reference to a society of the same name, Société Linnéenne de Paris (which had been founded in 1788, gone dormant around 1790, revived from 1820 to about 1833), so it was probably not intended as a resurrection of the latter (p.155 of Aymonin (1974)).] Defunct

1867 Seat Society Name More Details Canada Ottawa Canadian Medical Association (CMA) = Association médicale canadienne (AMC) England London Clinical Society of London [The Clinical Society of London was founded in 1867. It ceased to exist independently in 1907, when it and several other medical societies merged with the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London (founded 1805), to form the Royal Society of Medicine.] Ceased to exist independently Germany Frankfurt am Main Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) (German Chemical Society) [The Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) was formed in 1946 from a union of the Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft and the Verein Deutscher Chemiker. The Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft was founded in 1867. The Verein Deutscher Chemiker was founded in 1877 as Verein Analytischer Chemiker, was changed to Deutsche Gesellschaft für Angewandte Chemie in 1887, and took the name Verein Deutscher Chemiker in 1896.] Russia Moscow Московское Математическое Общество [Moskovskoe Matematičeskoe Obŝestvo] (Moscow Mathematical Society) New Zealand Wellington Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ) [Founded as New Zealand Institute, it took its present name from 1965.] Italy Rome Società Geografica Italiana (SGI) (Italian Geographical Society) Switzerland Bern Verbindung der Schweizer Ärztinnen und Ärzte (FMH) = Fédération des Médecins Suisses (FMH) = Federazione dei Medici Svizzeri = Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum (FMH) (Swiss Medical Association (FMH)) ["...in 1867, the Société Médicale de la Suisse Romande was founded; in 1870 the medical societies of the German and Italian-speaking regions of Switzerland combined to form the Ärztlichen Central-Verein der Schweiz. In 1923 this latter name was changed to the Ärzteverein der Deutschen und Italienischen Schweiz and in 1931, after the Ordine dei Medici del Cantone Ticino left this regional group, the name became the Verband Deutschschweizerischer Ärztegesellschaften (VEDAG). In 1901 the Ärztliche Central-Verein and the Société Médicale de la Suisse Romande merged to form the present day Swiss Medical Association (FMH)."]

1868 Seat Society Name More Details Luxembourg   Institut Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg (IGD) (Grand-Ducal Insitute of Luxemburg) [There is some information on the Institut at their Section de Linguistique, d'Ethnologie et d'Onomastique Website and their Section des Arts et des Lettres Website.] United States of America Lawrence Kansas Academy of Science (KAS) Netherlands   Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis (KVNM) (Royal Society for Music History of the Netherlands) England London Royal Historical Society (RHS) England London Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) [RICS was formed (originally as the Institution of Surveyors) in 1868.]

1869 Seat Society Name More Details Argentina Córdoba Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Córdoba (National Academy of Sciences in Córdoba) United States of America Philadelphia Society for Classical Studies (SCS) [The Society for Classical Studies (SCS) was founded in 1869 aa the American Philological Association (APA). In 2014 it took the name Society for Classical Studies (SCS).] Portugal Lisboa Associação dos Engenheiros Civis Portugueses (Association of Portuguese Civil Engineers) [This society was founded in 1869, and was superseded by the Ordem dos Engenheiros (OE) (Society of Engineers) created in 1936.] Germany Berlin Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte (Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Pre-History) Bulgaria Sofia Българска Академия на Науките (БАН) [Bʹʹlgarska Akademiâ na Naukite (BAN)] (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) England London Institute of Materials (IoM) [The Institute of Materials (IoM) was founded in 1869. On 26 June 2002, Institute of Materials (IOM) merged with the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (IMM) (founded 1892) to form the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3 = IOM³).] Ceased to exist independently New Zealand Wellington New Zealand Law Society (NZLS) Italy Genova Società Entomologica Italiana (SEI) (Italian Entomological Socety)

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