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||303: Galerius publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Roman Empire. | ||303: Galerius publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Roman Empire. Pic (portrait bust). | ||
||1582: With the papal bull ''Inter gravissimas'', Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar. | ||1582: With the papal bull ''Inter gravissimas'', Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar. Pic. | ||
File:Johannes Weyer.jpg|link=Johann Weyer (nonfiction)|1588: Physician and occultist [[Johann Weyer (nonfiction)|Johann Weyer]] dies. He was among the first to publish against the persecution of witches. | File:Johannes Weyer.jpg|link=Johann Weyer (nonfiction)|1588: Physician and occultist [[Johann Weyer (nonfiction)|Johann Weyer]] dies. He was among the first to publish against the persecution of witches. | ||
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1588: Physician and occultist Johann Weyer dies. He was among the first to publish against the persecution of witches.
1810: Chemist, physicist, and philosopher Henry Cavendish dies. He discovered "inflammable air", later named hydrogen.
1842: Osman Hamdi Bey dies. He was an administrator, intellectual, art expert, painter, and archaeologist.
1967: Mathematician and crime-fighter Hugo Steinhaus uses the Banach–Steinhaus theorem to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
2001: Mathematician, engineer, and information scientist Claude Shannon dies. He is known as "the father of information theory".
1963: The Flying Diner announces twice-daily flights between Saint Paul, Minnesota, and New Minneapolis, Canada .
2016: Signed first edition of Eye Foot purchased for an undisclosed amount by "a well-known APTO Artist-Engineer living in New Minneapolis, Canada."