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||1453 – Johannes Engel, German doctor, astronomer and astrologer (d. 1512)


||1729 – Francesco Bianchini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (b. 1662)
File:Title page of the Astrolabium of Johannes Engel, printed by Johann Emerich, Venice 1494.jpg|link=Johannes Engel (nonfiction)|1453: Doctor, astronomer, and astrologer [[Johannes Engel (nonfiction)|Johannes Engel]] born. He will publish numerous almanacs, planetary tables, and calendars.


||Pietro Paoli (b. March 2, 1759) was an Italian mathematician.
File:Francesco_Bianchini.png|link=Francesco Bianchini (nonfiction)|1729: Astronomer and philosopher Francesco Bianchini dies. Bianchini was secretary of the Papal commission for the reform of the calendar, working on the method to calculate the astronomically correct date for Easter in a given year.


File:Signaling by Napoleonic semaphore line.jpg|link=Semaphore telegraph (nonfiction)|1791: Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a [[Semaphore telegraph (nonfiction)|semaphore telegraph machine]] in Paris.
File:Signaling by Napoleonic semaphore line.jpg|link=Semaphore telegraph (nonfiction)|1791: Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a [[Semaphore telegraph (nonfiction)|semaphore telegraph machine]] in Paris.


||1825 – Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities.
File:I_Got_Spaces.jpg|link=I Got Spaces|1931: Premiere of '''[[I Got Spaces]]''' by George Gershwin. "I got spaces / I got vectors / I got metrics / Who could ask for anything more?"
 
||Karl Gottfried Hagen (d. 2 March 1829) was a German chemist.
 
||1830 – Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, German physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (b. 1755)
 
||Viktor von Lang (b. 2 March 1838) was an Austrian chemist. He is counted among the pioneers and founders of crystal physics.
 
||1840 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (b. 1758)
 
||1880 – John Benjamin Macneill, Irish engineer (b. 1790)
 
||1886 – Kurt Grelling, German logician and philosopher (d. 1942)
 
||1901 – Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1984)
 
||1902 – Edward Condon, American physicist and academic (d. 1974)
 
File:Arthur Stanley Eddington.jpg|link=Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|1911: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician [[Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|Arthur Eddington]] builds new type of [[scrying engine]] which detects and prevents [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 
||Vitold Belevitch (b. 2 March 1921) was a Belgian mathematician and electrical engineer of Russian origin who produced some important work in the field of electrical network theory.
 
||1922 – Frances Spence, American computer programmer (d. 2012)
 
||1949 – Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
 
||1962 – Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic (b. 1866)


File:Pioneer 10 construction.jpg|link=Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|1972: The ''[[Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|Pioneer 10]]'' space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
File:Pioneer 10 construction.jpg|link=Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|1972: The ''[[Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|Pioneer 10]]'' space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.


||1995 – Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.
File:Jordan Carson Mark.gif|link=J. Carson Mark (nonfiction)|1997: Mathematician [[J. Carson Mark (nonfiction)|Jordan Carson Mark]] dies. He oversaw the development of nuclear weapons for the US military, including the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s.
 
||Jordan Carson Mark (d. March 2, 1997) was a Canadian-born mathematician best known for his work on developing nuclear weapons for the United States at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Mark joined the Manhattan Project in 1945, and continued to work at Los Alamos under the leadership of Norris Bradbury after World War II ended. He became the leader of the Theoretical Division at the laboratory in 1947, a position he held until 1973. He oversaw the development of new weapons, including the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s. On the hydrogen bomb project he was able to bring together experts like Edward Teller, Stanislaw Ulam and Marshall Holloway despite their personal differences.
 
||1998 – Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
 
File:Niles Cartouchian interrogates Fugitive Rubies.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian|2017: Famed gem detective [[Niles Cartouchian]] captures supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]].
 
||2017 – The elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson were officially added to the periodic table at a conference in Moscow, Russia


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Latest revision as of 05:56, 2 March 2022

  • 1453: Doctor, astronomer, and astrologer Johannes Engel born. He will publish numerous almanacs, planetary tables, and calendars.

    1453: Doctor, astronomer, and astrologer Johannes Engel born. He will publish numerous almanacs, planetary tables, and calendars.

  • 1729: Astronomer and philosopher Francesco Bianchini dies. Bianchini was secretary of the Papal commission for the reform of the calendar, working on the method to calculate the astronomically correct date for Easter in a given year.

    1729: Astronomer and philosopher Francesco Bianchini dies. Bianchini was secretary of the Papal commission for the reform of the calendar, working on the method to calculate the astronomically correct date for Easter in a given year.

  • 1791: Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore telegraph machine in Paris.

    1791: Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore telegraph machine in Paris.

  • 1931: Premiere of I Got Spaces by George Gershwin. "I got spaces / I got vectors / I got metrics / Who could ask for anything more?"

    1931: Premiere of I Got Spaces by George Gershwin. "I got spaces / I got vectors / I got metrics / Who could ask for anything more?"

  • 1972: The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.

    1972: The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.

  • 1997: Mathematician Jordan Carson Mark dies. He oversaw the development of nuclear weapons for the US military, including the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s.

    1997: Mathematician Jordan Carson Mark dies. He oversaw the development of nuclear weapons for the US military, including the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s.

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