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||217 – Roman Emperor Caracalla is assassinated. He is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
File:Theoricarum by Peuerbach 1915.png|link=Georg von Peuerbach (nonfiction)|1461: Mathematician and astronomer [[Georg von Peuerbach (nonfiction)]] dies.  He is remembered for his streamlined presentation of Ptolemaic astronomy in the ''Theoricae Novae Planetarum''.
File:Theoricarum by Peuerbach 1915.png|link=Georg von Peuerbach (nonfiction)|1461: Mathematician and astronomer [[Georg von Peuerbach (nonfiction)]] dies.  He is remembered for his streamlined presentation of Ptolemaic astronomy in the ''Theoricae Novae Planetarum''.
File:Johannes Trithemius.jpg|link=Johannes Trithemius (nonfiction)|1484: Polymath [[Johannes Trithemius (nonfiction)|Johannes Trithemius]] publishes ''Chronicles of an Occult Cryptographer'', for which he will win a posthumous Pulitzer Prize.
File:Johannes Trithemius.jpg|link=Johannes Trithemius (nonfiction)|1484: Polymath [[Johannes Trithemius (nonfiction)|Johannes Trithemius]] publishes ''Chronicles of an Occult Cryptographer'', for which he will win a posthumous Pulitzer Prize.
File:Michele_Mercati_by_Petrus_Nellus.jpg|link=Michele Mercati (nonfiction)|1541: Physician and archaeologist [[Michele Mercati (nonfiction)|Michele Mercati]] born. He will be one of the first scholars to recognize prehistoric stone tools as human-made rather than natural or mythologically created thunderstones.
File:Michele_Mercati_by_Petrus_Nellus.jpg|link=Michele Mercati (nonfiction)|1541: Physician and archaeologist [[Michele Mercati (nonfiction)|Michele Mercati]] born. He will be one of the first scholars to recognize prehistoric stone tools as human-made rather than natural or mythologically created thunderstones.
File:Johannes Schöner.jpg|link=Johannes Schöner (nonfiction)|1542: [[Johannes Schöner (nonfiction)|Johannes Schöner]] publishes ''Confessions of an Occult Cosmographer'', for which he will posthumously win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
File:Johannes Schöner.jpg|link=Johannes Schöner (nonfiction)|1542: [[Johannes Schöner (nonfiction)|Johannes Schöner]] publishes ''Confessions of an Occult Cosmographer'', for which he will posthumously win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
File:David Rittenhouse by Charles Wilson Peale.jpg|link=David Rittenhouse (nonfiction)|link=David Rittenhouse (nonfiction)|1732: Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, clockmaker, and surveyor [[David Rittenhouse (nonfiction)|David Rittenhouse]] born. He will become the first Director of the United States Mint, hand-striking the new nation's first coins.
File:David Rittenhouse by Charles Wilson Peale.jpg|link=David Rittenhouse (nonfiction)|link=David Rittenhouse (nonfiction)|1732: Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, clockmaker, and surveyor [[David Rittenhouse (nonfiction)|David Rittenhouse]] born. He will become the first Director of the United States Mint, hand-striking the new nation's first coins.
||1818 – August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (d. 1892)
||1820 – The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Milos.
File:Havelock.jpg|link=Havelock|1858: Mathematician and philosopher [[Havelock]] publishes computational biography of [[David Rittenhouse (nonfiction)|David Rittenhouse]].  
File:Havelock.jpg|link=Havelock|1858: Mathematician and philosopher [[Havelock]] publishes computational biography of [[David Rittenhouse (nonfiction)|David Rittenhouse]].  
File:Edmund Husserl 1910s.jpg|link=Edmund Husserl (nonfiction)|1859: Mathematician and philosopher [[Edmund Husserl (nonfiction)|Edmund Husserl]] born. He will argue that transcendental consciousness sets the limits of all possible knowledge.
File:Edmund Husserl 1910s.jpg|link=Edmund Husserl (nonfiction)|1859: Mathematician and philosopher [[Edmund Husserl (nonfiction)|Edmund Husserl]] born. He will argue that transcendental consciousness sets the limits of all possible knowledge.
||1904 – British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of The Book of the Law.
File:Kinetoscope.jpg|link=Kinetoscope (nonfiction)|1910: [[Kinetoscope (nonfiction)|Kinetoscope]] used in series of [[math crimes]], authorities name [[Skip Digits]] as person of interest.
File:Kinetoscope.jpg|link=Kinetoscope (nonfiction)|1910: [[Kinetoscope (nonfiction)|Kinetoscope]] used in series of [[math crimes]], authorities name [[Skip Digits]] as person of interest.
File:Heike Kamerlingh Onnes.jpg|link=Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (nonfiction)|1911: Physicist [[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (nonfiction)|Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]] discovers superconductivity.
File:Heike Kamerlingh Onnes.jpg|link=Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (nonfiction)|1911: Physicist [[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (nonfiction)|Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]] discovers superconductivity.
||1917 – Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2007)
||1919 – Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
||1923 – George Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 2003)
||Karl Heinrich Emil Becker (d. 8 April 1940 in Berlin) was a German weapons engineer and artillery general. He advocated and implemented close ties of the military to science for purposes of advanced weapons development.
||1943 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases by common carriers and public utilities.
||1943 –Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin for their anti-Nazi activities
||1946 – Électricité de France, the world's largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors.
||1959 – A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
||1964 – The Gemini 1 test flight is conducted.
||1969 – Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian astronomer (b. 1900)
||1984 – Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1894)
||1992 – Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
File:Rhizolith Group.jpg|link=Rhizolith Group|2001: New Minneapolis-based dance company [[Rhizolith Group]] announces world tour.
File:Rhizolith Group.jpg|link=Rhizolith Group|2001: New Minneapolis-based dance company [[Rhizolith Group]] announces world tour.
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  • 1461: Mathematician and astronomer Georg von Peuerbach (nonfiction) dies. He is remembered for his streamlined presentation of Ptolemaic astronomy in the Theoricae Novae Planetarum.

    1461: Mathematician and astronomer Georg von Peuerbach (nonfiction) dies. He is remembered for his streamlined presentation of Ptolemaic astronomy in the Theoricae Novae Planetarum.

  • 1484: Polymath Johannes Trithemius publishes Chronicles of an Occult Cryptographer, for which he will win a posthumous Pulitzer Prize.

    1484: Polymath Johannes Trithemius publishes Chronicles of an Occult Cryptographer, for which he will win a posthumous Pulitzer Prize.

  • 1541: Physician and archaeologist Michele Mercati born. He will be one of the first scholars to recognize prehistoric stone tools as human-made rather than natural or mythologically created thunderstones.

    1541: Physician and archaeologist Michele Mercati born. He will be one of the first scholars to recognize prehistoric stone tools as human-made rather than natural or mythologically created thunderstones.

  • 1542: Johannes Schöner publishes Confessions of an Occult Cosmographer, for which he will posthumously win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

    1542: Johannes Schöner publishes Confessions of an Occult Cosmographer, for which he will posthumously win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

  • 1732: Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, clockmaker, and surveyor David Rittenhouse born. He will become the first Director of the United States Mint, hand-striking the new nation's first coins.

    1732: Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, clockmaker, and surveyor David Rittenhouse born. He will become the first Director of the United States Mint, hand-striking the new nation's first coins.

  • 1858: Mathematician and philosopher Havelock publishes computational biography of David Rittenhouse.

    1858: Mathematician and philosopher Havelock publishes computational biography of David Rittenhouse.

  • 1859: Mathematician and philosopher Edmund Husserl born. He will argue that transcendental consciousness sets the limits of all possible knowledge.

    1859: Mathematician and philosopher Edmund Husserl born. He will argue that transcendental consciousness sets the limits of all possible knowledge.

  • 1910: Kinetoscope used in series of math crimes, authorities name Skip Digits as person of interest.

    1910: Kinetoscope used in series of math crimes, authorities name Skip Digits as person of interest.

  • 1911: Physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.

    1911: Physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.

  • 2001: New Minneapolis-based dance company Rhizolith Group announces world tour.

    2001: New Minneapolis-based dance company Rhizolith Group announces world tour.

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