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998: Mathematician and astronomer Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī dies. His Almagest was widely read by medieval Arabic astronomers in the centuries after his death.
1188: Polymath Ibn Rushd (Averoess) publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1573: Architect Inigo Jones born. He will be one of the first architects of the early modern period to employ Vitruvian rules of proportion and symmetry in his buildings.
Mathematician and crime-fighter Janet Beta calls Janet Beta at ENIAC "a reasonably accurate depiction of events as I experienced them."
1865: Mathematician Wilhelm Wirtinger born. He will contribute to complex analysis, geometry, algebra, number theory, Lie groups and knot theory.
Adventurer and alleged time-travelling "Pirate of the Prairies" Wallace War-Heels defeats Baron Zersetzung in single combat.

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 File:Inigo Jones.jpg|link=Inigo Jones (nonfiction)|1573: Architect [[Inigo Jones (nonfiction)|Inigo Jones]] born. He will be one of the first architects of the early modern period to employ [[Vitruvius (nonfiction)|Vitruvian]] rules of proportion and symmetry in his buildings.
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+File:Janet Beta Accepts Commission (detail).jpg|link=Janet Beta|Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Janet Beta]] calls ''[[Janet Beta at ENIAC]]'' "a reasonably accurate depiction of events as I experienced them."
 File:Wilhelm Wirtinger.jpg|link=Wilhelm Wirtinger (nonfiction)|1865: Mathematician [[Wilhelm Wirtinger (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Wirtinger]] born. He will contribute to complex analysis, geometry, algebra, number theory, Lie groups and knot theory.