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||1464 – Nicholas of Cusa, German cardinal and mystic (b. 1401) | ||1464 – Nicholas of Cusa, German cardinal and mystic (b. 1401) | ||
File:Pedro Nunes.png|link=Pedro Nunes (nonfiction)|1578 Mathematician, cosmographer, and academic [[Pedro Nunes (nonfiction)|Pedro Nunes]] dies. He was one of the greatest mathematicians of his time, and is best known for his contributions his mathematical approach to navigation and cartography. | File:Pedro Nunes.png|link=Pedro Nunes (nonfiction)|1578: Mathematician, cosmographer, and academic [[Pedro Nunes (nonfiction)|Pedro Nunes]] dies. He was one of the greatest mathematicians of his time, and is best known for his contributions his mathematical approach to navigation and cartography. | ||
||1673 – Richard Mead, English physician and astrologer (d. 1754) | ||1673 – Richard Mead, English physician and astrologer (d. 1754) | ||
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1578: Mathematician, cosmographer, and academic Pedro Nunes dies. He was one of the greatest mathematicians of his time, and is best known for his contributions his mathematical approach to navigation and cartography.
1890: Havelock survives shootout by running away.
1974: Graphic designer and typographer Jan Tschichold dies. He was a leading advocate of Modernist design, but later condemn Modernist design in general as being authoritarian and inherently fascistic.