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||1671: John Keill born ... mathematician, academic and author who was an important disciple of Isaac Newton.
||1671: John Keill born ... mathematician, academic and author who was an important disciple of Isaac Newton.


||1729: Giacomo F. Maraldi dies ... astronomer and mathematician.
||1729: Giacomo F. Maraldi dies ... astronomer and mathematician. No pic online.


||1743: Martin Heinrich Klaproth born ... chemist and academic.
||1743: Martin Heinrich Klaproth born ... chemist and academic.


||1750: Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr dies ... mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer.
File:Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr.jpg|link=Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (nonfiction)|1750: Mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer [[Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (nonfiction)|Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr]] dies. He published works on mathematics and astronomy, including sundials, spherical trigonometry, and celestial maps and globes, along with biographical information on several hundred mathematicians and instrument makers.


||1768: The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway.
||1768: The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway.

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