<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Flamsteed" id="mwbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Flamsteed">John Flamsteed</a> is appointed the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer_Royal" id="mwbg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Astronomer Royal">Astronomer Royal</a> of England.