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||1679 – Jacques de Billy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1602) | ||1679 – Jacques de Billy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1602) | ||
||1683 – Gottfried Silbermann, German instrument maker (d. 1753) | |||
||1684 – Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (d. 1742) | |||
||1742 – Edmond Halley, English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist (b. 1656) | ||1742 – Edmond Halley, English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist (b. 1656) | ||
||1806 – Matthew Fontaine Maury American astronomer, oceanographer, and historian (d. 1873) | |||
||1858 – Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt. | ||1858 – Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt. | ||
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File:Johann Philipp Reis.jpg|link=|1874: Scientist and inventor [[Johann Philipp Reis (nonfiction)|Johann Philipp Reis]] dies. He invented the Reis Telephone. | File:Johann Philipp Reis.jpg|link=|1874: Scientist and inventor [[Johann Philipp Reis (nonfiction)|Johann Philipp Reis]] dies. He invented the Reis Telephone. | ||
||1875 – Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965) | ||1875 – Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965) | ||
||1887 – Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1972) | ||1887 – Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1972) | ||
File:Edward Lear.jpg|link=Edward Lear (nonfiction)|1888: Artist, musician, author, and poet [[Edward Lear (nonfiction)|Edward Lear]] invents record number of witticisms. | |||
File:Lewis Carroll.jpg|link=Lewis Carroll (nonfiction)|1898: Novelist, poet, and mathematician [[Lewis Carroll (nonfiction)|Lewis Carroll]] dies. He wrote ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'', and its sequel ''Through the Looking-Glass''. | File:Lewis Carroll.jpg|link=Lewis Carroll (nonfiction)|1898: Novelist, poet, and mathematician [[Lewis Carroll (nonfiction)|Lewis Carroll]] dies. He wrote ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'', and its sequel ''Through the Looking-Glass''. | ||
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File:Charles Hermite circa 1901.jpg|link=Charles Hermite (nonfiction)|1901: Mathematician [[Charles Hermite (nonfiction)|Charles Hermite]] dies. He did research on number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra. | File:Charles Hermite circa 1901.jpg|link=Charles Hermite (nonfiction)|1901: Mathematician [[Charles Hermite (nonfiction)|Charles Hermite]] dies. He did research on number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra. | ||
||Cato Maximilian Guldberg (d. 14 January 1902) was a Norwegian mathematician and chemist. | |||
||1905 – Ernst Abbe, German physicist and engineer (b. 1840) | ||1905 – Ernst Abbe, German physicist and engineer (b. 1840) | ||
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1867: Artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres dies. He assumed the role of a guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style represented by his nemesis, Eugène Delacroix.
1874: Scientist and inventor Johann Philipp Reis dies. He invented the Reis Telephone.
1888: Artist, musician, author, and poet Edward Lear invents record number of witticisms.
1898: Novelist, poet, and mathematician Lewis Carroll dies. He wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass.
1901: Mathematician Charles Hermite dies. He did research on number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra.