This Wikipedia article records that the International Astronomical Union was created on 28 July 1919 at the Constitutive Assembly of the International Research Council in Brussels, in the effort to restore international scientific cooperation after the First World War, with Belgium, Canada, France, Great Britain, Greece, Japan and the United States as its first member states.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Astronomical_Union
Source Typeencyclopedia
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A crowd sourced encyclopedia article used here for a straightforward founding chronology (the Brussels Constitutive Assembly of 18 to 28 July 1919, the seven founding member states), not for any contested claim, hence the lowest tier rather than exclusion. Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Belgium directly: "after the First World War, with Belgium, Canada, France, Great Britain, Greece, Japan and the United States as its first member states."
This source names Canada directly: "the First World War, with Belgium, Canada, France, Great Britain, Greece, Japan and the United States as its first member states."
This source names Greece directly: "Canada, France, Great Britain, Greece, Japan and the United States as its first member states."
This source names Greece directly: "Canada, France, Great Britain, Greece, Japan and the United States as its first member states."
This source names International Astronomical Union directly: "This Wikipedia article records that the International Astronomical Union was created on 28 July 1919 at the Constitutive Assembly of the International Research Council in Brussels, in the effort to..."
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