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File:Edward Lear.jpg|link=Edward Lear (nonfiction)|1812: Artist, musician, author, and poet [[Edward Lear (nonfiction)|Edward Lear]] born either today or tomorrow.
File:Justus von Liebig circa 1866.jpg|link=Justus von Liebig (nonfiction)|1803: Chemist and academic [[Justus von Liebig (nonfiction)|Justus von Liebig]] born. Von Liebeg will make pioneering contributions to organic chemistry, especially agricultural and biological chemistry; he will be known as the "Father of the fertilizer industry".
File:Wizard Jan Kochanowski.jpg|link=Jan_Kochanowski|1855: Poet-Wizard [[Jan Kochanowski]] adapts [[Nebra sky disk (nonfiction)|Nebra sky disk]] for use as [[scrying engine]].
 
File:Jacques Binet.jpg|link=Jacques Philippe Marie Binet (nonfiction)|1856: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer [[Jacques Philippe Marie Binet (nonfiction)|Jacques Philippe Marie Binet]] dies. He made significant contributions to number theory, and the mathematical foundations of matrix algebra.
File:Jacques Binet.jpg|link=Jacques Philippe Marie Binet (nonfiction)|1856: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer [[Jacques Philippe Marie Binet (nonfiction)|Jacques Philippe Marie Binet]] dies. He made significant contributions to number theory, and the mathematical foundations of matrix algebra.
File:Lev Schnirelmann.jpg|link=Lev Schnirelmann (nonfiction)|1924: Mathematician [[Lev Schnirelmann (nonfiction)|Lev Schnirelmann]] shares research data with Poet-Wizard [[Jan Kochanowski]].
 
File:Egg Tooth Neighborhood Association logo.jpg|link=Egg Tooth (neighborhood)|2016: [[Egg Tooth (neighborhood)|Egg Tooth Neighborhood Association]] invites [[Jan Kochanowski]] to demonstrate his recent work in [[scrying engine]] technology.  
File:Oskar Bolza.jpg|link=Oskar Bolza (nonfiction)|1857: Mathematician [[Oskar Bolza (nonfiction)|Oskar Bolza]] born. He will be known for his research in the calculus of variations; his work on variations for an integral problem involving inequalities will later became important in control theory.
 
File:Konrad Zuse (1992).jpg|link=Konrad Zuse (nonfiction)|1941: Engineer, inventor, and pioneering computer scientist [[Konrad Zuse (nonfiction)|Konrad Zuse]] presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.
 
File:H. R. Giger 2012.jpg|link=H. R. Giger (nonfiction)|2014: Painter, sculptor, and set designer [[H. R. Giger (nonfiction)|H. R. Giger]] dies. He gained fame for his work on the film ''[[Alien (film) (nonfiction)|Alien]]''.
 
File:The Eel Time-Surfing 2.jpg|link=The Eel Time-Surfing 2|2017: Art critic and alleged supervillain [[The Eel]] escapes from The Nacreum using a surfboard controlled by a bespoke gnomon algorithm.
 
 
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