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File:Buzjani.jpg|link=Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (nonfiction)|940: Mathematician and astronomer [[Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (nonfiction)|Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī]] born. His ''Almagest'' will be widely read by medieval Arabic astronomers in the centuries after his death.  
File:Buzjani.jpg|link=Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (nonfiction)|940: Mathematician and astronomer [[Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (nonfiction)|Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī]] born. His ''Almagest'' will be widely read by medieval Arabic astronomers in the centuries after his death.  


File:English Lottery 1566 Scroll.jpg|link=Lottery (nonfiction)|1571: New method for predicting [[Lottery (nonfiction)|lottery winners]] causes outbreak of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Yanghui triangle.gif|link=Rod calculus (nonfiction)|1278: Mathematician uses his celebrated [[Rod calculus (nonfiction)|Triangle]] to defeat the [[Forbidden ratio]] in single combat.
 
|File:English Lottery 1566 Scroll.jpg|link=Lottery (nonfiction)|1571: New method for predicting [[Lottery (nonfiction)|lottery winners]] causes outbreak of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1692: Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".
||1692: Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".

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  • 940: Mathematician and astronomer Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī born. His Almagest will be widely read by medieval Arabic astronomers in the centuries after his death.

    940: Mathematician and astronomer Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī born. His Almagest will be widely read by medieval Arabic astronomers in the centuries after his death.

  • 1278: Mathematician uses his celebrated Triangle to defeat the Forbidden ratio in single combat.

    1278: Mathematician uses his celebrated Triangle to defeat the Forbidden ratio in single combat.

  • 1793: French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.

    1793: French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.

  • 1836: Physicist and mathematician André-Marie Ampère dies. He was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as "electrodynamics".

    1836: Physicist and mathematician André-Marie Ampère dies. He was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as "electrodynamics".

  • 1972: Rhizolith Group debuts new work based on the history of high-energy literature.

    1972: Rhizolith Group debuts new work based on the history of high-energy literature.

  • 2018: Chromatographic analysis of Purple Racer reveals "at least five, perhaps as many as nine" previously unknown shades of violet.

    2018: Chromatographic analysis of Purple Racer reveals "at least five, perhaps as many as nine" previously unknown shades of violet.

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