Template:Selected anniversaries/May 14: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 19:26, 20 June 2017

1678: Writer and philosopher Culvert Origenes publishes Historia Culvertica, which will soon be widely plagiarized, influencing a generation of humanists.
1679: Astronomer and mathematician Peder Horrebow born. he will invent a way to determine a place's latitude from the stars.
1680: Vandal Savage uses solar eclipse to commit series of crimes against mathematical constants.
1863: Mathematician John Charles Fields born. He will found the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics.
1933: Ready Kilowatt performs in off-Broadway adaption of Reddy Kilowatt Versus the Travelling Salesman Problem.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 <gallery>
-File:Culvert Origenes.jpg|link=Culvert Origenes|1678: Writer and philosopher [[Culvert Origenes]] publishes ''Historia Culvertica'', which will soon be widely republished, influencing a generation of humanists.
+File:Culvert Origenes.jpg|link=Culvert Origenes|1678: Writer and philosopher [[Culvert Origenes]] publishes ''Historia Culvertica'', which will soon be widely plagiarized, influencing a generation of humanists.
 File:Peder Horrebow.jpg|link=Peder Horrebow (nonfiction)|1679: Astronomer and mathematician [[Peder Horrebow (nonfiction)|Peder Horrebow]] born. he will invent a way to determine a place's latitude from the stars.
 File:Vandal Savage solar eclipse.jpg|link=Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|1680: [[Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|Vandal Savage]] uses solar eclipse to commit series of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].