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File:Malady.jpg|link=Malady|1324: Alleged supernatural healer [[Malady]] saves patient from the Black Death, accidentally infects doctor.
File:Johan Carl Wilcke.jpg|link=Johan Wilcke (nonfiction)|1796: Physicist [[Johan Wilcke (nonfiction)|Johan Carl Wilcke]] dies. Wilcke invented the electrophorus, and calculated the latent heat of ice.
File:Maria Gaetana Agnesi.jpg|link=Maria Gaetana Agnesi (nonfiction)|1761: Mathematician [[Maria Gaetana Agnesi (nonfiction)|Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] invents new type of [[scrying engine]] which detects [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 
File:John Ambrose Fleming 1890.png|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|1945: Electrical engineer and physicist [[John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|John Ambrose Fleming]] dies.
File:Justus von Liebig circa 1866.jpg|link=Justus von Liebig (nonfiction)|1873: Chemist and academic [[Justus von Liebig (nonfiction)|Justus von Liebig]] dies. Von Liebeg made pioneering contributions to organic chemistry, especially agricultural and biological chemistry; he is known as the "Father of the fertilizer industry".
File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1955: Physicist, engineer, and academic [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] dies. He developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).
 
File:Vandal Savage Field Report Small Boy.jpg|link=Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|1963: [[Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|Vandal Savage Press]] is front for [[clandestiphrine]] manufacturing operation, says crime-fighter [[John Brunner]].
File:San Francisco 1906 earthquake Post-and-Grant-Avenue.jpg|link=1906 San Francisco earthquake (nonfiction)|1906: An [[1906 San Francisco earthquake (nonfiction)|earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California]].
 
File:Einstein drumming.jpg|link=Albert Einstein|1907: Jazz drummer and theoretical physicist [[Albert Einstein]] hosts an all-star benefit concert to raise money for the rebuilding of San Francisco.
 
File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1955: Physicist, engineer, and academic [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] dies. Einstein developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).
 
File:Curt Meyer.jpg|link=Curt Meyer (nonfiction)|2011: Mathematician [[Curt Meyer (nonfiction)|Curt Meyer]] dies. Meyer made notable contributions to number theory, including an alternative solution to the class number 1 problem, building on the original Stark–Heegner theorem.
 
 
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  • 1796: Physicist Johan Carl Wilcke dies. Wilcke invented the electrophorus, and calculated the latent heat of ice.

    1796: Physicist Johan Carl Wilcke dies. Wilcke invented the electrophorus, and calculated the latent heat of ice.

  • 1873: Chemist and academic Justus von Liebig dies. Von Liebeg made pioneering contributions to organic chemistry, especially agricultural and biological chemistry; he is known as the "Father of the fertilizer industry".

    1873: Chemist and academic Justus von Liebig dies. Von Liebeg made pioneering contributions to organic chemistry, especially agricultural and biological chemistry; he is known as the "Father of the fertilizer industry".

  • 1907: Jazz drummer and theoretical physicist Albert Einstein hosts an all-star benefit concert to raise money for the rebuilding of San Francisco.

    1907: Jazz drummer and theoretical physicist Albert Einstein hosts an all-star benefit concert to raise money for the rebuilding of San Francisco.

  • 1955: Physicist, engineer, and academic Albert Einstein dies. Einstein developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).

    1955: Physicist, engineer, and academic Albert Einstein dies. Einstein developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).

  • 2011: Mathematician Curt Meyer dies. Meyer made notable contributions to number theory, including an alternative solution to the class number 1 problem, building on the original Stark–Heegner theorem.

    2011: Mathematician Curt Meyer dies. Meyer made notable contributions to number theory, including an alternative solution to the class number 1 problem, building on the original Stark–Heegner theorem.

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