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||571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. | |||
||885 – Siege of Paris: Viking forces sail the Seine River with a fleet of 300 longships and lay siege to Paris. | |||
||1120 – The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England. | |||
File:Niels Steensen.png|link=Niels Steensen (nonfiction)|1686: Scientist and bishop [[Niels Steensen (nonfiction)|Niels Steensen]] dies. He questioned explanations for tear production, the idea that fossils grow in the ground. | File:Niels Steensen.png|link=Niels Steensen (nonfiction)|1686: Scientist and bishop [[Niels Steensen (nonfiction)|Niels Steensen]] dies. He questioned explanations for tear production, the idea that fossils grow in the ground. | ||
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File:Ernst Schroeder.jpg|link=Ernst Schröder (nonfiction)|1841: Mathematician and logician [[Ernst Schröder (nonfiction)|Ernst Schröder]] born. His monumental ''Vorlesungen über die Algebra der Logik'' will prepare the way for the emergence of mathematical logic as a separate discipline in the twentieth century by systematizing the various systems of formal logic of the day. | File:Ernst Schroeder.jpg|link=Ernst Schröder (nonfiction)|1841: Mathematician and logician [[Ernst Schröder (nonfiction)|Ernst Schröder]] born. His monumental ''Vorlesungen über die Algebra der Logik'' will prepare the way for the emergence of mathematical logic as a separate discipline in the twentieth century by systematizing the various systems of formal logic of the day. | ||
File:Charles Sanders Peirce in 1859.jpg|link=Charles Sanders Peirce (nonfiction)|[[Charles Sanders Peirce (nonfiction)|Charles Sanders Peirce]] invents new variety of [[Gnomon algorithm]], anticipates future work by [[Ernst Schröder (nonfiction)|Ernst Schröder]]. | File:Charles Sanders Peirce in 1859.jpg|link=Charles Sanders Peirce (nonfiction)|[[Charles Sanders Peirce (nonfiction)|1858: Charles Sanders Peirce]] invents new variety of [[Gnomon algorithm]], anticipates future work by [[Ernst Schröder (nonfiction)|Ernst Schröder]]. | ||
||1864 – American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City. | |||
File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1915: [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences. | |||
File:Roger Zelazny 1988.jpg|link=Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|Writer-Sorceror [[Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|Roger Zelazny]] is behind the [[Rosewater cannon]] trade, says supervillain [[Abomynous]]. | |File:Roger Zelazny 1988.jpg|link=Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|Writer-Sorceror [[Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|Roger Zelazny]] is behind the [[Rosewater cannon]] trade, says supervillain [[Abomynous]]. | ||
File:HMS_Conundrum_loaded.jpg|link=Clarifications and Conundrums|A 'Conundrum', loaded with pipe, ready to be towed across the Channel. (Photo courtesy of [[Clarifications and Conundrums]].) | |File:HMS_Conundrum_loaded.jpg|link=Clarifications and Conundrums|A 'Conundrum', loaded with pipe, ready to be towed across the Channel. (Photo courtesy of [[Clarifications and Conundrums]].) | ||
File:Sistine Chapel.jpg|link=Flooding the Sistine Chapel|Proposals to [[Flooding the Sistine Chapel|flood the Sistine chapel]] meet with local opposition. | |File:Sistine Chapel.jpg|link=Flooding the Sistine Chapel|Proposals to [[Flooding the Sistine Chapel|flood the Sistine chapel]] meet with local opposition. | ||
File:Minnesota Quaternary geologic map.jpg|link=Minnesota (nonfiction)|[[Minnesota (nonfiction)|Minnesota]] to review state maps, add missing geological eras. | |File:Minnesota Quaternary geologic map.jpg|link=Minnesota (nonfiction)|[[Minnesota (nonfiction)|Minnesota]] to review state maps, add missing geological eras. | ||
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Revision as of 19:47, 12 September 2017
1686: Scientist and bishop Niels Steensen dies. He questioned explanations for tear production, the idea that fossils grow in the ground.
1814: Physician and physicist Julius Robert von Mayer born. He will describe the vital chemical process now referred to as oxidation as the primary source of energy for any living creature; but his achievements will be overlooked and priority for the discovery of the mechanical equivalent of heat will be attributed to James Joule.
1840: Astronomer Caroline Herschel publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which improve lens refraction in telescopes.
1841: Mathematician and logician Ernst Schröder born. His monumental Vorlesungen über die Algebra der Logik will prepare the way for the emergence of mathematical logic as a separate discipline in the twentieth century by systematizing the various systems of formal logic of the day.
1858: Charles Sanders Peirce invents new variety of Gnomon algorithm, anticipates future work by Ernst Schröder.
1915: Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.