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||1647: Vincentio Reinieri dies ... mathematician and astronomer. No pics online.
||1647: Vincentio Reinieri dies ... mathematician and astronomer. No pics online.
||1688: Louis Bertrand Castel born ... mathematician and philosopher. Ocular organ (stained glass keyboard). Pic (caricature).


||1714: Bernardino Ramazzini dies ... physician and academic. Occupational diseases. Pic.
||1714: Bernardino Ramazzini dies ... physician and academic. Occupational diseases. Pic.
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File:Jesse Ramsden. Mezzotint by J. Jones, 1790, after R. Home.jpg|link=Jesse Ramsden (nonfiction)|1800: Mathematician, astronomical and scientific instrument maker [[Jesse Ramsden (nonfiction)|Jesse Ramsden]] dies. His reputation was built on the engraving and design of dividing engines which allowed high accuracy measurements of angles and lengths in instruments. He produced instruments for astronomy that were especially well-known for maritime use where they were needed for the measurement of latitudes and for his surveying instruments which were widely used for cartography and land survey.
File:Jesse Ramsden. Mezzotint by J. Jones, 1790, after R. Home.jpg|link=Jesse Ramsden (nonfiction)|1800: Mathematician, astronomical and scientific instrument maker [[Jesse Ramsden (nonfiction)|Jesse Ramsden]] dies. His reputation was built on the engraving and design of dividing engines which allowed high accuracy measurements of angles and lengths in instruments. He produced instruments for astronomy that were especially well-known for maritime use where they were needed for the measurement of latitudes and for his surveying instruments which were widely used for cartography and land survey.


||1831: Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia.
||1831: Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia. Pic.


File:Ruy Barbosa 1907.jpg|link=Rui Barbosa (nonfiction)|1849: Polymath, diplomat, jurist, and politician [[Rui Barbosa (nonfiction)|Rui Barbosa]] born.  He will authorize the destruction of most government records relating to slavery, "erasing the stain" of slavery on Brazilian history, yet preventing any possible indemnization of the former slave-owners.
File:Ruy Barbosa 1907.jpg|link=Rui Barbosa (nonfiction)|1849: Polymath, diplomat, jurist, and politician [[Rui Barbosa (nonfiction)|Rui Barbosa]] born.  He will authorize the destruction of most government records relating to slavery, "erasing the stain" of slavery on Brazilian history, yet preventing any possible indemnization of the former slave-owners.


||1854: Paul Sabatier born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.
||1854: Paul Sabatier born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.


||1855: Eugene V. Debs born ... union leader and politician.
||1855: Eugene V. Debs born ... union leader and politician.

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