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1635: Mathematician and astronomer Adriaan Metius dies. He manufactured precision astronomical instruments, and published treatises on the astrolabe and on surveying.
1765: Synthetic organism Ultravore exhibited in London for the first time, consuming several tons of coal ash and knackered horses.
1732: Physicist and academic Johan Carl Wilcke born. He will invent the electrophorus, and calculate the latent heat of ice.
1766: Chemist, meteorologist, and physicist John Dalton born. He will propose the modern atomic theory, and do research in color blindness.
2006: Mathematician and computer scientist John Backus defines formal language syntax for detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.
2007: Writer Madeleine L'Engle dies. She wrote the Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels.
1997: Steganographic analysis of Janet Beta at ENIAC reveals previously unknown cryptographic numen.
2017: Previously unknown type of cryptographic numen revealed by steganographic analysis of Janet Beta at ENIAC.

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 ||1649 – Robert Dudley, English geographer and explorer (b. 1574)
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+File:Johan Carl Wilcke.jpg|link=Johan Wilcke (nonfiction)|1732: Physicist and academic [[Johan Wilcke (nonfiction)|Johan Carl Wilcke]] born. He will invent the electrophorus, and calculate the latent heat of ice.
 |File:Abraham de Moivre.jpg|link=Abraham de Moivre (nonfiction)|1753: Mathematician and theorist [[Abraham de Moivre (nonfiction)|Abraham de Moivre]] publishes new edition of his book on probability theory, ''The Doctrine of Chances'', with an addendum on applications of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to the psychology of gambling.