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File:Johannes Stöffler.jpg|link=Johannes Stöffler (nonfiction)|1531: Mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, priest, maker of astronomical instruments, and professor [[Johannes Stöffler (nonfiction)|Johannes Stöffler]] dies. | File:Johannes Stöffler.jpg|link=Johannes Stöffler (nonfiction)|1531: Mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, priest, maker of astronomical instruments, and professor [[Johannes Stöffler (nonfiction)|Johannes Stöffler]] dies. | ||
File:Francis Galton 1850s.jpg|link=Francis Galton (nonfiction)|1822: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician [[Francis Galton (nonfiction)|Francis Galton]] born. | |||
File:Mountain vendetta.jpg|link=Havelock|1898: [[Havelock]] survives shootout by playing dead. | File:Mountain vendetta.jpg|link=Havelock|1898: [[Havelock]] survives shootout by playing dead. | ||
File:Crossword.png|link=Crossword (nonfiction)|1931: [[Crossword (nonfiction)|crossword puzzle]] used in [[scrying engine]] for the first time. | File:Crossword.png|link=Crossword (nonfiction)|1931: [[Crossword (nonfiction)|crossword puzzle]] used in [[scrying engine]] for the first time. | ||
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Revision as of 20:07, 14 December 2016
1531: Mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, priest, maker of astronomical instruments, and professor Johannes Stöffler dies.
1822: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician Francis Galton born.
1898: Havelock survives shootout by playing dead.
1931: crossword puzzle used in scrying engine for the first time.