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||Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (b. 22 February 1796) ForMemRS was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist. | ||Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (b. 22 February 1796) ForMemRS was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist. | ||
||1817 | File:Carl Wilhelm Borchardt.jpg|link=Carl Wilhelm Borchardt (nonfiction)|1817: Mathematician and academic [[Carl Wilhelm Borchardt (nonfiction)|Carl Wilhelm Borchardt]] born. He will work in the area of arithmetic-geometric mean, continuing work by Gauss and Lagrange, and generalizing the results of Kummer diagonalising symmetric matrices using determinants and Sturm functions. | ||
||1819 – By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars. | ||1819 – By the Adams–Onís Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars. | ||
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1632: Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.
1817: Mathematician and academic Carl Wilhelm Borchardt born. He will work in the area of arithmetic-geometric mean, continuing work by Gauss and Lagrange, and generalizing the results of Kummer diagonalising symmetric matrices using determinants and Sturm functions.
1933: Engineer and inventor Justin Capră born. He will design fuel-efficient cars, unconventional engines, aircraft, and jet backpacks.
1973: Vandal Savage uses solar eclipse to manufacture large quantity of military-grade clandestiphrine.
1987: Artist Andy Warhol dies. He was a leading figure in the Pop art movement.
1988: Mathematician and academic Mary Cartwright uses chaos theory principles to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1995: The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.