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1650: Monk, cosmographer, and cartographer Vincenzo Coronelli born. He will gain fame for his atlases and globes; some of the globes will be very large and highly detailed.
1694: Mathematician, astronomer, and crime-fighter Christiaan Huygens reveals in autobiography that he uses statistical analysis and games of chance to catch math criminals in the act.
1705: Mathematician Jacob Bernoulli dies. He discovered the fundamental mathematical constant e, and made important contributions to the field of probability.
2016: New class of Crimes against mathematical constants "reduce to well-known crime algorithms."

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 ||File:Johannes Stöffler.jpg|link=Johannes Stöffler (nonfiction)|1530: Mathematician [[Johannes Stöffler (nonfiction)|Johannes Stöffler]] invents new type of [[scrying engine]], uses it to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
-File:Vincenzo Coronelli.jpg|link=Vincenzo Coronelli (nonfiction)|1650: Monk, cosmographer, and cartographer [[Vincenzo Coronelli (nonfiction)|Vincenzo Coronelli]] born. He will gain fame for his atlases and globes.
+File:Vincenzo Coronelli.jpg|link=Vincenzo Coronelli (nonfiction)|1650: Monk, cosmographer, and cartographer [[Vincenzo Coronelli (nonfiction)|Vincenzo Coronelli]] born. He will gain fame for his atlases and globes; some of the globes will be very large and highly detailed.
 File:Christiaan Huygens.jpg|link=Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|1694: Mathematician, astronomer, and crime-fighter [[Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|Christiaan Huygens]] reveals in autobiography that he uses statistical analysis and games of chance to catch [[math criminals]] in the act.