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File:Michel de Montaigne.jpg|link=Michel de Montaigne (nonfiction)|1533: Philosopher and author [[Michel de Montaigne (nonfiction)|Michel de Montaigne]] born. He will be one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre.


File:Jost Bürgi.jpg|link=Jost Bürgi (nonfiction)|1552: Clockmaker and mathematician [[Jost Bürgi (nonfiction)|Jost Bürgi]] born.  He will be recognized during his own lifetime as one of the most excellent mechanical engineers of his generation.
File:Jost Bürgi.jpg|link=Jost Bürgi (nonfiction)|1552: Clockmaker and mathematician [[Jost Bürgi (nonfiction)|Jost Bürgi]] born.  He will be recognized during his own lifetime as one of the most excellent mechanical engineers of his generation.


File:John Arbuthnot.jpg|link=John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|1691: Physician, satirist, and polymath [[John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|John Arbuthnot]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to rewrite existing manuscripts using satirical premises.
||Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (28 February 1735 – 1 January 1796) was a French mathematician, musician and chemist who worked with Bézout and Lavoisier; his name is now principally associated with determinant theory in mathematics.
File:Linus Pauling.jpg|link=Linus Pauling (nonfiction)|1901: Chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator [[Linus Pauling (nonfiction)|Linus Pauling]] born.  
File:Linus Pauling.jpg|link=Linus Pauling (nonfiction)|1901: Chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator [[Linus Pauling (nonfiction)|Linus Pauling]] born.  
File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1919: New class of [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] "exploit vulnerabilities in Leap Year algorithms."
 
File:Der Reichsspritzenmeister.jpg|link=Der Reichsspritzenmeister|1944: [[Der Reichsspritzenmeister]] develops new drug to stimulate [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Rhizolith Group.jpg|link=Rhizolith Group|1967: Modern dance geology company '''[[Rhizolith Group]]''' debuts a new work, "Coriolis Force and Particulate Deposit Patterns in Paleoglacial Sedimentary Deposits".
 
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