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||1415: Jan Hus is condemned as a heretic and then burned at the stake. Pic. | ||1415: Jan Hus is condemned as a heretic and then burned at the stake. Pic. | ||
||1423: Antonio Manetti born . | File:Antonio Manetti.jpg|link=|1423: Mathematician and architect [[Antonio Manetti (nonfiction)|Antonio Manetti]] born. He will investigate the site, shape and size of Dante's ''Inferno'', and write a biography of the architect Filippo Brunelleschi. | ||
File:Regiomontanus Nuremberg chronicles.jpg|link=Regiomontanus (nonfiction)|1476: Mathematician, astronomer, and bishop [[Regiomontanus (nonfiction)|Johann Regiomontanus]] dies. His contributions will be instrumental in the development of Copernican heliocentrism in the follwing decades. | File:Regiomontanus Nuremberg chronicles.jpg|link=Regiomontanus (nonfiction)|1476: Mathematician, astronomer, and bishop [[Regiomontanus (nonfiction)|Johann Regiomontanus]] dies. His contributions will be instrumental in the development of Copernican heliocentrism in the follwing decades. | ||
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||1819: Sophie Blanchard dies ... aeronaut and the wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Blanchard was the first woman to work as a professional balloonist, and after her husband's death she continued ballooning, making more than 60 ascents. Known throughout Europe for her ballooning exploits, Blanchard entertained Napoleon Bonaparte, who promoted her to the role of "Aeronaut of the Official Festivals", replacing André-Jacques Garnerin. On the restoration of the monarchy in 1814 she performed for Louis XVIII, who named her "Official Aeronaut of the Restoration". Pic. | ||1819: Sophie Blanchard dies ... aeronaut and the wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Blanchard was the first woman to work as a professional balloonist, and after her husband's death she continued ballooning, making more than 60 ascents. Known throughout Europe for her ballooning exploits, Blanchard entertained Napoleon Bonaparte, who promoted her to the role of "Aeronaut of the Official Festivals", replacing André-Jacques Garnerin. On the restoration of the monarchy in 1814 she performed for Louis XVIII, who named her "Official Aeronaut of the Restoration". Pic. | ||
||1831: Daniel Coit Gilman born ... educator and academic. Gilman was instrumental in founding the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale College, and subsequently served as the third president of the University of California, as the first president of Johns Hopkins University, and as founding president of the Carnegie Institution. He was also co-founder of the Russell Trust Association, which administers the business affairs of Yale's Skull and Bones society. Gilman served for twenty five years as president of Johns Hopkins; his inauguration in 1876 has been said to mark "the starting point of postgraduate education in the U.S." | ||1831: Daniel Coit Gilman born ... educator and academic. Gilman was instrumental in founding the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale College, and subsequently served as the third president of the University of California, as the first president of Johns Hopkins University, and as founding president of the Carnegie Institution. He was also co-founder of the Russell Trust Association, which administers the business affairs of Yale's Skull and Bones society. Gilman served for twenty five years as president of Johns Hopkins; his inauguration in 1876 has been said to mark "the starting point of postgraduate education in the U.S." Pic. | ||
||1849: Sir Alfred Bray Kempe born ... mathematician best known for his work on linkages and the four colour theorem. Pic. | ||1849: Sir Alfred Bray Kempe born ... mathematician best known for his work on linkages and the four colour theorem. Pic. | ||
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||1869: Friedrich Fichter ... professor of inorganic chemistry at the University of Basel. His main field of interest was electrochemistry. DOB unknown. Pic. | ||1869: Friedrich Fichter ... professor of inorganic chemistry at the University of Basel. His main field of interest was electrochemistry. DOB unknown. Pic. | ||
||1885: Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog. | ||1885: Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog. Pic. | ||
||1892: Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded. | ||1892: Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded. | ||
Revision as of 14:31, 6 July 2019
1423: Mathematician and architect Antonio Manetti born. He will investigate the site, shape and size of Dante's Inferno, and write a biography of the architect Filippo Brunelleschi.
1476: Mathematician, astronomer, and bishop Johann Regiomontanus dies. His contributions will be instrumental in the development of Copernican heliocentrism in the follwing decades.
1913: Mathematician Jordan Carson Mark born. He will oversee the development of nuclear weapons for the US military, including the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s.
1989: Rhizolith Group performs at New Minneapolis Canadian Arts Festival.
1990: The Electronic Freedom Foundation is founded. EFF is an international non-profit digital rights group based in San Francisco, California.
1990: Signed original edition of Alice Beta Paragliding sells for one and a half million dollars in charity auction for Electronic Freedom Foundation.