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||1535 – Following the Affair of the Placards, French Protestants are burned at the stake in front of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris
||1535: Following the Affair of the Placards, French Protestants are burned at the stake in front of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris


File:Anna Manzolini.jpg|link=Anna Morandi Manzolini (nonfiction)|1714: Anatomist and anatomical wax modeler [[Anna Morandi Manzolini (nonfiction)|Anna Morandi Manzolini]] born. Her collection of wax models will be known throughout Europe as ''Supellex Manzoliniana'' and be sought after to aid in the study of anatomy.
File:Anna Manzolini.jpg|link=Anna Morandi Manzolini (nonfiction)|1714: Anatomist and anatomical wax modeler [[Anna Morandi Manzolini (nonfiction)|Anna Morandi Manzolini]] born. Her collection of wax models will be known throughout Europe as ''Supellex Manzoliniana'' and be sought after to aid in the study of anatomy.
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File:The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters.jpg|link=The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (nonfiction)|1780: Steganographic analysis of ''[[The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (nonfiction)|The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters]]'' unexpectedly reveals previously unknown templates for [[organic golems]].
File:The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters.jpg|link=The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (nonfiction)|1780: Steganographic analysis of ''[[The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (nonfiction)|The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters]]'' unexpectedly reveals previously unknown templates for [[organic golems]].


||1793 – After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
||1793: After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.


||Ernst Gottfried Baldinger (d. 21 January 1804), German physician, was born in Großvargula near Erfurt. He studied medicine at Erfurt, Halle and Jena, earning his MD in 1760 under the guidance of Ernst Anton Nicolai and in 1761 was entrusted with the superintendence of the military hospitals connected with the Prussian encampment near Torgau. He published a treatise in 1765, De Militum Morbis, which met with a favourable reception.  
||1804: Ernst Gottfried Baldinger dies ... physician... in 1761 was entrusted with the superintendence of the military hospitals connected with the Prussian encampment near Torgau. He published a treatise in 1765, ''De Militum Morbis'', which met with a favourable reception.  


||1827 – Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1900)
||1827: Mathematician and theorist Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin born.


File:Joseph Ludwig Raabe.jpg|link=Joseph Ludwig Raabe (nonfiction)|1828: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Joseph Ludwig Raabe (nonfiction)|Joseph Ludwig Raabe]] publishes new version of Raabe's ratio test, which uses the convergence or divergence of an infinite series to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Joseph Ludwig Raabe.jpg|link=Joseph Ludwig Raabe (nonfiction)|1828: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Joseph Ludwig Raabe (nonfiction)|Joseph Ludwig Raabe]] publishes new version of Raabe's ratio test, which uses the convergence or divergence of an infinite series to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1846 – Pieter Hendrik Schoute, Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 1923). Pic.
||1846: Pieter Hendrik Schoute born ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
 
||Harry Bateman FRS (d. 1946) was an English mathematician.


||1860: Mathematician, educator, and editor David Eugene Smith born.  Pic.
||1860: Mathematician, educator, and editor David Eugene Smith born.  Pic.


||Felix Hoffmann (b. 21 January 1868) was a German chemist notable for re-synthesizing diamorphine (independently from C.R. Alder Wright who synthesized it 23 years earlier), which was popularized under the Bayer trade name of "heroin".  
||1868: Felix Hoffmann born ... chemist notable for re-synthesizing diamorphine (independently from C.R. Alder Wright who synthesized it 23 years earlier), which was popularized under the Bayer trade name of "heroin".  


File:Grigori Rasputin 1916.jpg|link=Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|1869: Mystic and faith healer [[Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|Grigori Rasputin]] born.   
File:Grigori Rasputin 1916.jpg|link=Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|1869: Mystic and faith healer [[Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|Grigori Rasputin]] born.   


||René-Louis Baire (b. 21 January 1874) was a French mathematician most famous for his Baire category theorem, which helped to generalize and prove future theorems. Pic.
||1874: René-Louis Baire born ... mathematician most famous for his Baire category theorem, which helped to generalize and prove future theorems. Pic.


||1882 – Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician and theologian (d. 1937)
||1882: Pavel Florensky born ... mathematician and theologian.


||1885 – Umberto Nobile, Italian engineer and explorer (d. 1978)
||1885: Umberto Nobile born ... engineer and explorer.


|File:Mountain vendetta.jpg|link=Havelock|1890:  [[Havelock]] survives shootout by running away.
||1892: John Couch Adams dies ... mathematician and astronomer.


||John Couch Adams FRS (d. 21 January 1892) was a British mathematician and astronomer.
||1897: Alexander Weinstein born ... mathematician who worked on boundary value problems in fluid dynamics. Pic.
 
||Alexander Weinstein (b. 21 January 1897) was a mathematician who worked on boundary value problems in fluid dynamics. Pic.


File:Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer.jpg|link=Emil Erlenmeyer (nonfiction)|1899: Chemist and crime-fighter [[Emil Erlenmeyer (nonfiction)|Emil Erlenmeyer]] uses the Erlenmeyer rule to detect and prevent [[crimes against chemistry]].
File:Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer.jpg|link=Emil Erlenmeyer (nonfiction)|1899: Chemist and crime-fighter [[Emil Erlenmeyer (nonfiction)|Emil Erlenmeyer]] uses the Erlenmeyer rule to detect and prevent [[crimes against chemistry]].
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File:Elisha Gray.jpg|link=|1901: Electrical engineer [[Elisha Gray (nonfiction)|Elisha Gray]] dies. He did pioneering work in electrical information technologies, including the [[Telephone (nonfiction)|telephone]].
File:Elisha Gray.jpg|link=|1901: Electrical engineer [[Elisha Gray (nonfiction)|Elisha Gray]] dies. He did pioneering work in electrical information technologies, including the [[Telephone (nonfiction)|telephone]].


||1912 – Konrad Emil Bloch, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
||1912: Konrad Emil Bloch born ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


File:The Governess.jpg|link=The Governess|1913: Social activist and alleged superhero [[The Governess]] warns the Great Powers not to use nuclear weapons ahead of schedule.
File:The Governess.jpg|link=The Governess|1913: Social activist and alleged superhero [[The Governess]] warns the Great Powers not to use nuclear weapons ahead of schedule.
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File:André_Lichnerowicz.jpg|link=André Lichnerowicz (nonfiction)|1915: Physicist and mathematician [[André Lichnerowicz (nonfiction)|André Lichnerowicz]] born. He will work in differential geometry and mathematical physics.
File:André_Lichnerowicz.jpg|link=André Lichnerowicz (nonfiction)|1915: Physicist and mathematician [[André Lichnerowicz (nonfiction)|André Lichnerowicz]] born. He will work in differential geometry and mathematical physics.


||1926 – Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
||1926: Camillo Golgi dies ... physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate.


||Martin Kneser (b. 21 January 1928) was a German mathematician. His name has been given to Kneser graphs, which he studied in 1955.
||1928: Martin Kneser born ... mathematician. His name has been given to Kneser graphs, which he studied in 1955.
 
||1946: Harry Bateman dies ... mathematician.


File:Numbered cake pops.jpg|link=Numbered cake algorithm|1951: [[Numbered cake algorithm]] used to manufacture new type of [[organic golems]].
File:Numbered cake pops.jpg|link=Numbered cake algorithm|1951: [[Numbered cake algorithm]] used to manufacture new type of [[organic golems]].


||1954 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
||1954: The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.


File:Atlas-B rocket with SCORE payload.jpg|link=SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|1959: [[SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|Project SCORE satellite]] re-enters Earth's atmosphere.
File:Atlas-B rocket with SCORE payload.jpg|link=SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|1959: [[SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|Project SCORE satellite]] re-enters Earth's atmosphere.


||1960 – Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
||1960: Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.


File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]] says he "is confident that the upcoming [[1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|Thule Air Base B-52 crash]] is a sound business investment."
File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]] says he "is confident that the upcoming [[1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|Thule Air Base B-52 crash]] is a sound business investment."
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File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1969: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] announces new film about the [[1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|Thule Air Base B-52 crash]].
File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1969: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] announces new film about the [[1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|Thule Air Base B-52 crash]].


||Leonard Isaac Schiff died January 21, 1971 - physicist best known for his book Quantum Mechanics.
||1971: Leonard Isaac Schiff dies ... physicist best known for his book ''Quantum Mechanics''.
 
||1974: Mathematician Arnaud Denjoy dies. His contributions included work in harmonic analysis and differential equations; he was the first to define an integral which integrates all derivatives (now known as the Henstock–Kurzweil integral). Pic: https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnaud_Denjoy
 
||2004: NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.


||2004 – NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
||2015: Fabrizio de Miranda dies ... bridges and structural engineer and university professor.


||Fabrizio de Miranda (d. January 21, 2015) was an Italian bridges and structural engineer and university professor.
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