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||Philip James de Loutherbourg RA (b. 1740), whose name is sometimes given in the French form of Philippe-Jacques, the German form of Philipp Jakob, or with the English-language epithet of the Younger, was a Franco-British painter who became known for his large naval works, his elaborate set designs for London theatres, and his invention of a mechanical theatre called the "Eidophusikon".
||1740: Philip James de Loutherbourg born ... painter who became known for his large naval works, his elaborate set designs for London theatres, and his invention of a mechanical theatre called the "Eidophusikon".


||Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner (b. 31 October 1783) was a German chemist, natural scientist[2] and a professor of physics and chemistry.
||1783: Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner born ... chemist, natural scientist, and a professor of physics and chemistry.
 
||1802: Benoît Fourneyron born ... engineer born ... He made significant contributions to the development of water turbines. Pic.


File:Karl Weierstrass.jpg|link=Karl Weierstrass (nonfiction)|1815: Mathematician and academic [[Karl Weierstrass (nonfiction)|Karl Weierstrass]] born. He will be cited as the "father of modern analysis".  
File:Karl Weierstrass.jpg|link=Karl Weierstrass (nonfiction)|1815: Mathematician and academic [[Karl Weierstrass (nonfiction)|Karl Weierstrass]] born. He will be cited as the "father of modern analysis".  
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File:The_Eel.jpg|link=The Eel|1816: Art critic and alleged math criminal [[The Eel]] escapes from [[Nacreum]], spending less than a day in prison.
File:The_Eel.jpg|link=The Eel|1816: Art critic and alleged math criminal [[The Eel]] escapes from [[Nacreum]], spending less than a day in prison.


||1831 – Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist (d. 1910) coca
||1831: Paolo Mantegazza born ... neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist ... coca.


||1835 – Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917) Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer (German: [ˈbaɪɐ]; 31 October 1835 – 20 August 1917) was a German chemist who synthesised indigo,[1] developed a nomenclature for cyclic compounds (that was subsequently extended and adopted as part of the IUPAC organic nomenclature).
||1835: Adolf von Baeyer born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ... synthesised indigo, developed a nomenclature for cyclic compounds (that was subsequently extended and adopted as part of the IUPAC organic nomenclature).


File:Galileo Ferraris.jpg|link=Galileo Ferraris (nonfiction)|1847: Physicist and electrical engineer [[Galileo Ferraris (nonfiction)|Galileo Ferraris]] born. He will be a pioneer of AC power systems, and inventor of the induction motor.
File:Galileo Ferraris.jpg|link=Galileo Ferraris (nonfiction)|1847: Physicist and electrical engineer [[Galileo Ferraris (nonfiction)|Galileo Ferraris]] born. He will be a pioneer of AC power systems, and inventor of the induction motor.


||1856 – Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver (d. 1889)
||1856: Charles Leroux born ... balloonist and skydiver.


||1902 – Abraham Wald, Romanian mathematician and economist (d. 1950)
||1902: Abraham Wald born ... mathematician and economist.


||Aleksander Ilyich Akhiezer (b. October 31, 1911) was a Soviet theoretical physicist, known for contributions to numerous branches of theoretical physics, including quantum electrodynamics, nuclear physics, solid state physics, quantum field theory, and the theory of plasma.
||1911: Aleksander Ilyich Akhiezer born ... theoretical physicist, known for contributions to numerous branches of theoretical physics, including quantum electrodynamics, nuclear physics, solid state physics, quantum field theory, and the theory of plasma.


||1914 – John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer and designer (d. 1995)
||1914 – John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer and designer (d. 1995)

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  • 1815: Mathematician and academic Karl Weierstrass born. He will be cited as the "father of modern analysis".

    1815: Mathematician and academic Karl Weierstrass born. He will be cited as the "father of modern analysis".

  • 1816: Art critic and alleged math criminal The Eel escapes from Nacreum, spending less than a day in prison.

    1816: Art critic and alleged math criminal The Eel escapes from Nacreum, spending less than a day in prison.

  • 1847: Physicist and electrical engineer Galileo Ferraris born. He will be a pioneer of AC power systems, and inventor of the induction motor.

    1847: Physicist and electrical engineer Galileo Ferraris born. He will be a pioneer of AC power systems, and inventor of the induction motor.

  • 2017: Steganographic analysis of The Eel Escapes Hydrolab reveals fifteen terabytes of encrypted data.

    2017: Steganographic analysis of The Eel Escapes Hydrolab reveals fifteen terabytes of encrypted data.

  • 2018: Creature declared Image of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2018: Creature declared Image of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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