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||1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables. | ||1484 – William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables. | ||
||1535 – Georg Tannstetter, Austrian mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1482) | ||1535 – Georg Tannstetter, Austrian mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1482) | ||
File:Tycho Brahe.jpg|link=Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|1569: Astronomer [[Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|Tycho Brahe]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] make improved astronomical observations. | |File:Tycho Brahe.jpg|link=Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|1569: Astronomer [[Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|Tycho Brahe]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] make improved astronomical observations. | ||
||1656 – Nicolaas Hartsoeker, Dutch mathematician and physicist (d. 1725) | ||1656 – Nicolaas Hartsoeker, Dutch mathematician and physicist (d. 1725) | ||
||1698 – Prokop Diviš, Czech priest, scientist and inventor (d. 1765) | ||1698 – Prokop Diviš, Czech priest, scientist and inventor (d. 1765) | ||
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||1875 – Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1922) | ||1875 – Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1922) | ||
||1884 – Georges Imbert, French chemical engineer and inventor (d. 1950) | ||1884 – Georges Imbert, French chemical engineer and inventor (d. 1950) | ||
||Theodore Samuel Motzkin (26 March 1908 – 15 December 1970) was an Israeli-American mathematician.[1] | |||
||1910 – Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864) | ||1910 – Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864) | ||
||1893 – James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (d. 1978) | ||1893 – James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (d. 1978) | ||
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1773: American captain and mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch born. He will be a founder of modern maritime navigation; his book The New American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, will be carried on board every commissioned U.S. Naval vessel.
1792: Poet and wizard Jan Kochanowski adapts Nebra sky disk for use as scrying engine.
1793: Physician and engineer John Mudge dies. He was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer, and often regarded as the "father of civil engineering".
1913: Mathematician and academic Paul Erdős born. He will firmly believe mathematics to be a social activity, living an itinerant lifestyle with the sole purpose of writing mathematical papers with other mathematicians.