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1646: Mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz born. He will develop differential and integral calculus independently of Isaac Newton, and design and build mechanical calculators.
1819: Johann Georg Tralles discovers the Great Comet of 1819 (C/1819 N1). It was the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by François Arago.
1888: Mathematician and physicist Johann Jakob Balmer develops a Gnomon algorithm function based on the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom which unexpectedly reveals imminent crimes against mathematical constants.
2001: Physicist and educator Nikolay Basov dies. He did fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics.
2017: The Custodian says he is "not planning on retiring any time soon."

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 ||1788 – Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1867)
+||Major-General William Roy FRS, AS (d. 1 July 1790) was a Scottish military engineer, surveyor, and antiquarian. He was an innovator who applied new scientific discoveries and newly emerging technologies to the accurate geodetic mapping of Great Britain.
 |File:Wizard Jan Kochanowski.jpg|link=Jan_Kochanowski|1818: Mathematician and astronomer [[Jan Kochanowski]] uses the [[Nebra sky disk (nonfiction)|Nebra sky disk]] to preview the [[Great Comet of 1819 (nonfiction)|Great Comet of 1819]].