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||1739: Johann Beckmann born ... scientific author and coiner of the word technology, to mean the science of trades. He was the first man to teach technology and write about it as an academic subject. Pic.
||1739: Johann Beckmann born ... scientific author and coiner of the word technology, to mean the science of trades. He was the first man to teach technology and write about it as an academic subject. Pic.


||1744: Patrick Ferguson born ... soldier, designed the Ferguson rifle.
||1744: Patrick Ferguson born ... soldier, designed the Ferguson rifle. No DOB. Pic.


||1754: Franz Xaver von Zach born ... astronomer and academic.
||1754: Franz Xaver von Zach born ... astronomer and academic. Pic.


File:Nebula orionis as depicted by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1758.jpg|link=Guillaume Le Gentil (nonfiction)|1769: Astronomer [[Guillaume Le Gentil (nonfiction)|Guillaume Le Gentil]]'s hopes are dashed when, after years of struggle, overcast conditions prevent him from making a critical observation.
File:Nebula orionis as depicted by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1758.jpg|link=Guillaume Le Gentil (nonfiction)|1769: Astronomer [[Guillaume Le Gentil (nonfiction)|Guillaume Le Gentil]]'s hopes are dashed when, after years of struggle, overcast conditions prevent him from making a critical observation.
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File:Montgolfier first public balloon flight.jpg|link=Montgolfier brothers (nonfiction)|1783: The [[Montgolfier brothers (nonfiction)|Montgolfier brothers]] give first public demonstration of balloon flight.
File:Montgolfier first public balloon flight.jpg|link=Montgolfier brothers (nonfiction)|1783: The [[Montgolfier brothers (nonfiction)|Montgolfier brothers]] give first public demonstration of balloon flight.


||1784: Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated).
||1784: Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated). No DOB, no DOD. Pic search dubious: https://www.google.com/search?q=élisabeth+thible


||1787: Constant Prévost born ... geologist and academic.
||1787: Constant Prévost born ... geologist and academic. Pic.


||1798: Giacomo Casanova dies ... adventurer and author.
||1798: Giacomo Casanova dies ... adventurer and author. Pic.


||1834: Jacob Volhard born ... chemist who discovered, together with his student Hugo Erdmann, the Volhard-Erdmann cyclization reaction. He was also responsible for the improvement of the Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky halogenation. Pic.
||1834: Jacob Volhard born ... chemist who discovered, together with his student Hugo Erdmann, the Volhard-Erdmann cyclization reaction. He was also responsible for the improvement of the Hell-Volhard-Zelinsky halogenation. Pic.

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  • 1472: Aztec philosopher, warrior, architect, poet, and ruler Nezahualcoyotl dies. He had an experience of an "Unknown, Unknowable Lord of Everywhere" to whom he built an entirely empty temple in which no blood sacrifices of any kind were allowed.

    1472: Aztec philosopher, warrior, architect, poet, and ruler Nezahualcoyotl dies. He had an experience of an "Unknown, Unknowable Lord of Everywhere" to whom he built an entirely empty temple in which no blood sacrifices of any kind were allowed.

  • 1769: Astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil's hopes are dashed when, after years of struggle, overcast conditions prevent him from making a critical observation.

    1769: Astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil's hopes are dashed when, after years of struggle, overcast conditions prevent him from making a critical observation.

  • 1783: The Montgolfier brothers give first public demonstration of balloon flight.

    1783: The Montgolfier brothers give first public demonstration of balloon flight.

  • 1943: Inventor Herman Hollerith uses punched card computation to forecast the position of German submarine U-505 a year in advance, giving the U.S. Navy a strategic advantage in the Second World War.

    1943: Inventor Herman Hollerith uses punched card computation to forecast the position of German submarine U-505 a year in advance, giving the U.S. Navy a strategic advantage in the Second World War.

  • 1944: World War Two: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.

    1944: World War Two: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.

  • 1992: Mathematician Melvin Dresher (Dreszer) dies. He contributed to game theory, co-developing the game theoretical model of cooperation and conflict known as the Prisoner's dilemma.

    1992: Mathematician Melvin Dresher (Dreszer) dies. He contributed to game theory, co-developing the game theoretical model of cooperation and conflict known as the Prisoner's dilemma.

  • 2017: Steganographic analysis of Red Spiral 3 accidentally releases the notorious criminal mathematical function Gnotilus.

    2017: Steganographic analysis of Red Spiral 3 accidentally releases the notorious criminal mathematical function Gnotilus.

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