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601: New version of Uncial script includes proto-Gnomon algorithm characters.
1787: Polymath Roger Joseph Boscovich dies. He was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, and Jesuit priest.
1956: Mathematician and philosopher Jan Łukasiewicz dies. He thought innovatively about traditional propositional logic, the principle of non-contradiction and the law of excluded middle.
1964: Army research laboratories convert modern plowshares into ancient swords, revealing new class of crimes against mathematical constants.
1996: New class of Crimes against mathematical constants "exploit vulnerabilities in Leap Year algorithms."
1997: Computer scientist Tony Hoare invents new class of Gnomon algorithm based on Leap Year algorithms.

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 File:Kells genealogy of Christ.jpg|link=Uncial script (nonfiction)|601: New version of [[Uncial script (nonfiction)|Uncial script]] includes proto-[[Gnomon algorithm]] characters.
-File:Federico Commandino.jpg|link=Federico Commandino (nonfiction)|1555:  Publication of mathematician [[Federico Commandino (nonfiction)|Federico Commandino]]'s translation of [[Gnomon algorithm]] into [[Uncial script (nonfiction)|Uncial script]].
 File:Rudjer Boskovic.jpg|link=Roger Joseph Boscovich (nonfiction)|1787: Polymath [[Roger Joseph Boscovich (nonfiction)|Roger Joseph Boscovich]] dies. He was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, and Jesuit priest.
 File:Jan Łukasiewicz.jpg|link=Jan Łukasiewicz (nonfiction)|1956: Mathematician and philosopher [[Jan Łukasiewicz (nonfiction)|Jan Łukasiewicz]] dies.  He thought innovatively about traditional propositional logic, the principle of non-contradiction and the law of excluded middle.