Transit Of Venus Across The Sun

23 May 1526 - 16:12 / 19:35 / 21:48 - Last transit before invention of telescope
7 December 1631 - 03:51 / 05:19 / 06:47 - Predicted by Kepler
4 December 1639 - 14:57 / 18:25 / 21:54 - First transit observed by Horrocks and Crabtree
6 June 1761 - 02:02 / 05:19 / 08:37 - Lomonosov, Chappe d'Auteroche and others observe from Russia