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||1793 – The first Republican constitution in France is adopted. | ||1793 – The first Republican constitution in France is adopted. | ||
||1835 – Johannes Wislicenus, German chemist and academic (d. 1902) | ||1835 – Johannes Wislicenus, German chemist and academic (d. 1902) Pic. | ||
||1842 – Ambrose Bierce, American short story writer, essayist, and journalist (d. 1914) | ||1842 – Ambrose Bierce, American short story writer, essayist, and journalist (d. 1914) | ||
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1709: Public test of Bartolomeu de Gusmão's airship fails to take place.
1860: Inventor and engineer Wilhelm Bauer publishes complete working plans for a submarine which is undetectable by alleged supervillain Neptune Slaughter.
1880: Mathematician and academic Oswald Veblen born. His work will find application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.
1886: Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess wins Pulitzer prize, hailed as "most entertaining illustration of our time."