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|File:Dionysos kantharos.jpg|link=Dionysus (nonfiction)|500 BC: [[Dionysus (nonfiction)|Dionysus]] gives invites [[Edward Lear (nonfiction)|Edward Lear]] to participate in symposium.
|File:Dionysos kantharos.jpg|link=Dionysus (nonfiction)|500 BC: [[Dionysus (nonfiction)|Dionysus]] gives invites [[Edward Lear (nonfiction)|Edward Lear]] to participate in symposium.
|File:Federico Commandino.jpg|link=Federico Commandino (nonfiction)|1532:  Publication of mathematician [[Federico Commandino (nonfiction)|Federico Commandino]]'s translation of [[Gnomon algorithm]] textbooks from Latin to Arabic.
|File:Federico Commandino.jpg|link=Federico Commandino (nonfiction)|1532:  Publication of mathematician [[Federico Commandino (nonfiction)|Federico Commandino]]'s translation of [[Gnomon algorithm]] textbooks from Latin to Arabic.
File:Paolo Sarpi.jpg|link=Paolo Sarpi (nonfiction)|1620: Statesman, scientist, and crime-fighter [[Paolo Sarpi (nonfiction)|Paolo Sarpi]] discovers evidence which clears the name of fellow crime-fighter [[Galileo Galilei]], who had been falsely accused of anti-scientism.


||1679 – Jacques de Billy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1602)
||1679 – Jacques de Billy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1602)

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  • 1620: Statesman, scientist, and crime-fighter Paolo Sarpi discovers evidence which clears the name of fellow crime-fighter Galileo Galilei, who had been falsely accused of anti-scientism.

    1620: Statesman, scientist, and crime-fighter Paolo Sarpi discovers evidence which clears the name of fellow crime-fighter Galileo Galilei, who had been falsely accused of anti-scientism.

  • 1867: Artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres dies. He assumed the role of a guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style represented by his nemesis, Eugène Delacroix.

    1867: Artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres dies. He assumed the role of a guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style represented by his nemesis, Eugène Delacroix.

  • 1874: Scientist and inventor Johann Philipp Reis dies. He invented the Reis Telephone.

    1874: Scientist and inventor Johann Philipp Reis dies. He invented the Reis Telephone.

  • 1887: Mathematician and academic Hugo Steinhaus born. He will "discover" mathematician Stefan Banach, with whom he will make notable contributions to functional analysis, including the Banach–Steinhaus theorem.

    1887: Mathematician and academic Hugo Steinhaus born. He will "discover" mathematician Stefan Banach, with whom he will make notable contributions to functional analysis, including the Banach–Steinhaus theorem.

  • 1888: Artist, musician, author, and poet Edward Lear invents record number of witticisms.

    1888: Artist, musician, author, and poet Edward Lear invents record number of witticisms.

  • 1898: Novelist, poet, and mathematician Lewis Carroll dies. He wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass.

    1898: Novelist, poet, and mathematician Lewis Carroll dies. He wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass.

  • 1901: Mathematician and philosopher Alfred Tarski born. He will be a prolific author, contributing to model theory, metamathematics, algebraic logic, abstract algebra, topology, geometry, measure theory, mathematical logic, set theory, and analytic philosophy.

    1901: Mathematician and philosopher Alfred Tarski born. He will be a prolific author, contributing to model theory, metamathematics, algebraic logic, abstract algebra, topology, geometry, measure theory, mathematical logic, set theory, and analytic philosophy.

  • 1901: Mathematician Charles Hermite dies. He did research on number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra.

    1901: Mathematician Charles Hermite dies. He did research on number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra.

  • 1978: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Kurt Gödel dies. His two incompleteness theorems had an immense impact upon scientific and philosophical thinking in the 20th century.

    1978: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Kurt Gödel dies. His two incompleteness theorems had an immense impact upon scientific and philosophical thinking in the 20th century.

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