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File:Delmedigo.jpg|link=Joseph Solomon Delmedigo (nonfiction)|1591: Physician, mathematician, and theorist [[Joseph Solomon Delmedigo (nonfiction)|Joseph Solomon Delmedigo]] born. He will write  ''Elim'' (Palms), dealing astronomy, physics, mathematics, medicine, metaphysics, and music theory.
File:Delmedigo.jpg|link=Joseph Solomon Delmedigo (nonfiction)|1591: Physician, mathematician, and theorist [[Joseph Solomon Delmedigo (nonfiction)|Joseph Solomon Delmedigo]] born. He will write  ''Elim'' (Palms), dealing astronomy, physics, mathematics, medicine, metaphysics, and music theory.


||1801 – Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1868)
||1640: Jacques Ozanam born ... mathematician. Pic: book cover.
 
||1801: Julius Plücker born ... mathematician and physicist.


File:Edward Davy.jpg|link=Edward Davy (nonfiction)|1806:  Physician, scientist, and inventor [[Edward Davy (nonfiction)|Edward Davy]] born. He will play a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invent an electric relay.  
File:Edward Davy.jpg|link=Edward Davy (nonfiction)|1806:  Physician, scientist, and inventor [[Edward Davy (nonfiction)|Edward Davy]] born. He will play a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invent an electric relay.  


||Vincenzo Brunacci (d. 16 June 1818) was an Italian mathematician
||1818: Vincenzo Brunacci dies ... mathematician.


File:Julius Petersen.jpg|link=Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|1839: Mathematician [[Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|Julius Petersen]] born.  His famous paper ''Die Theorie der regulären graphs'' will be a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory.
File:Julius Petersen.jpg|link=Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|1839: Mathematician [[Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|Julius Petersen]] born.  His famous paper ''Die Theorie der regulären graphs'' will be a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory.


||1840 – Ernst Otto Schlick, German engineer and author (d. 1913) naval gyroscope stabilization, no pic
||1840: Ernst Otto Schlick born ... engineer and author ... naval gyroscope stabilization, no pic


||1871 – The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
||1871: The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).


||1883 – The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children.
||1883: The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children.


||1884 – The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
||1884 – The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.

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  • 1591: Physician, mathematician, and theorist Joseph Solomon Delmedigo born. He will write Elim (Palms), dealing astronomy, physics, mathematics, medicine, metaphysics, and music theory.

    1591: Physician, mathematician, and theorist Joseph Solomon Delmedigo born. He will write Elim (Palms), dealing astronomy, physics, mathematics, medicine, metaphysics, and music theory.

  • 1806: Physician, scientist, and inventor Edward Davy born. He will play a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invent an electric relay.

    1806: Physician, scientist, and inventor Edward Davy born. He will play a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invent an electric relay.

  • 1839: Mathematician Julius Petersen born. His famous paper Die Theorie der regulären graphs will be a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory.

    1839: Mathematician Julius Petersen born. His famous paper Die Theorie der regulären graphs will be a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory.

  • 1915: Mathematician and academic John Tukey born. He will make important contributions to statistical analysis, including the box plot.

    1915: Mathematician and academic John Tukey born. He will make important contributions to statistical analysis, including the box plot.

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