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||1692 – Giles Corey, American farmer and accused wizard (b. c. 1612) "More weight"
||1692: Giles Corey dies ... farmer and accused wizard (b. c. 1612) "More weight"


File:Ole Rømer.jpg|link=Ole Rømer (nonfiction)|1710: Astronomer and instrument maker [[Ole Rømer (nonfiction)|Ole Rømer]] dies. He made the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.
File:Ole Rømer.jpg|link=Ole Rømer (nonfiction)|1710: Astronomer and instrument maker [[Ole Rømer (nonfiction)|Ole Rømer]] dies. He made the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.
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Orson_Pratt.jpg|link=Orson Pratt (nonfiction)|1811: Mathematician and religious leader [[Orson Pratt (nonfiction)|Orson Pratt]] born.  As part of his system of Mormon theology, Pratt will embrace the philosophical doctrine of hylozoism.
Orson_Pratt.jpg|link=Orson Pratt (nonfiction)|1811: Mathematician and religious leader [[Orson Pratt (nonfiction)|Orson Pratt]] born.  As part of his system of Mormon theology, Pratt will embrace the philosophical doctrine of hylozoism.


||1811 – Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (d. 1881)
||1813: Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters born ... astronomer, and a pioneer in the study of asteroids.


||Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (September 19, 1813 – July 18, 1890) was a German–American astronomer, and a pioneer in the study of asteroids.
||1820: John Dawson dies ... mathematician and surgeon. Pic.


||1843 – Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1792)
||1843: Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis dies ... mathematician, physicist, and engineer.


||1846 – Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.
||1846: Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.


File:Niles Cartouchian 2.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian|1845: Famed gem detective and diplomat [[Niles Cartouchian]] foils villains, returns stolen relics, brokers peace accord.
File:Niles Cartouchian 2.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian|1845: Famed gem detective and diplomat [[Niles Cartouchian]] foils villains, returns stolen relics, brokers peace accord.


||1867 – Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (d. 1939)
||1867: Arthur Rackham born ... illustrator.


||1879 – The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
||1879: The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.


||1888 – James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (d. 1971)
||1888: James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (d. 1971)


||Victor Frederick "Viki" Weisskopf (b. September 19, 1908) was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist. During World War II he was Group Leader of the Theoretical Division of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, and later campaigned against the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Pic.
||Victor Frederick "Viki" Weisskopf (b. September 19, 1908) was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist. During World War II he was Group Leader of the Theoretical Division of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, and later campaigned against the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Pic.

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  • 1710: Astronomer and instrument maker Ole Rømer dies. He made the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.

    1710: Astronomer and instrument maker Ole Rømer dies. He made the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.

  • 1749: Mathematician and astronomer Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre born. He will be one of the first astronomers to derive astronomical equations from analytical formulas.

    1749: Mathematician and astronomer Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre born. He will be one of the first astronomers to derive astronomical equations from analytical formulas.

  • 1761: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Pieter van Musschenbroek dies. He invented the first capacitor in 1746: the Leyden jar.

    1761: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Pieter van Musschenbroek dies. He invented the first capacitor in 1746: the Leyden jar.

  • 1811: Mathematician and religious leader Orson Pratt born. As part of his system of Mormon theology, Pratt will embrace the philosophical doctrine of hylozoism.

    1811: Mathematician and religious leader Orson Pratt born. As part of his system of Mormon theology, Pratt will embrace the philosophical doctrine of hylozoism.

  • 1845: Famed gem detective and diplomat Niles Cartouchian foils villains, returns stolen relics, brokers peace accord.

    1845: Famed gem detective and diplomat Niles Cartouchian foils villains, returns stolen relics, brokers peace accord.

  • 1921: Chemist and physicist James Dewar develops liquid gas condensor for use in fighting crimes against mathematical constants.

    1921: Chemist and physicist James Dewar develops liquid gas condensor for use in fighting crimes against mathematical constants.

  • "Fightin'" Bert Russell]] defeats Joseph Stalin in three-round bare-knuckle boxing matc.

    "Fightin'" Bert Russell]] defeats Joseph Stalin in three-round bare-knuckle boxing matc.

  • 1935: Scientist and engineer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky dies. He was one of the founding fathers of modern rocketry and astronautics.

    1935: Scientist and engineer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky dies. He was one of the founding fathers of modern rocketry and astronautics.

  • 2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars credits scientist and engineer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky for "inspiring generations of astronauts."

    2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars credits scientist and engineer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky for "inspiring generations of astronauts."

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