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||1816 – Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded Siemens (d. 1892) | ||1816 – Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded Siemens (d. 1892) | ||
||Francesco Brioschi (d. 13 December 1897) was an Italian mathematician. | |||
||Enrico Forlanini (b. 13 December 1848) was an Italian engineer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer, known for his works on helicopters, aircraft, hydrofoils and dirigibles. | ||Enrico Forlanini (b. 13 December 1848) was an Italian engineer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer, known for his works on helicopters, aircraft, hydrofoils and dirigibles. | ||
Revision as of 18:41, 5 November 2017
1516: Polymath Johannes Trithemius dies. He is remembered as a lexicographer, chronicler, cryptographer, and occultist.
1887: Mathematician George Pólya born. He will make fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory.
2012: Documentary film-maker Ridley Scott meets his Kickstarter goal for new film named Alien.