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||Francesco Maurolico (d. 21/22 July 1575) was a mathematician and astronomer. He made contributions to the fields of geometry, optics, conics, mechanics, music, and astronomy.
||1575: Francesco Maurolico dies ... mathematician and astronomer. He made contributions to the fields of geometry, optics, conics, mechanics, music, and astronomy.


||1694: Johann Bernoulli sends "L'Hospital's rule" to L'Hospital under the terms of their agreement of 17 March 1694.  Pic.
||1694: Johann Bernoulli sends "L'Hospital's rule" to L'Hospital under the terms of their agreement of 17 March 1694.  Pic.


||File:Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão.jpg|link=Bartolomeu de Gusmão (nonfiction)|1707: Inventor and priest [[Bartolomeu de Gusmão (nonfiction)|Bartolomeu de Gusmão]]'s uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to design improved [[Airship (nonfiction)|airship]].
||1711: Georg Wilhelm Richmann born ... physicist and academic.


||1711 – Georg Wilhelm Richmann, German-Russian physicist and academic (d. 1753)
||1755: Gaspard de Prony born ... mathematician and engineer.


||1755 – Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1839)
||1784: Friedrich Bessel born ... mathematician and astronomer.


||1784 – Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1846)
||1795: Gabriel Lamé born ... mathematician who contributed to the theory of partial differential equations by the use of curvilinear coordinates, and the mathematical theory of elasticity.
 
||Gabriel Lamé (b. 22 July 1795) was a French mathematician who contributed to the theory of partial differential equations by the use of curvilinear coordinates, and the mathematical theory of elasticity.


File:Giuseppe Piazzi.jpg|link=Giuseppe Piazzi (nonfiction)|1826: Priest, mathematician, and astronomer [[Giuseppe Piazzi (nonfiction)|Giuseppe Piazzi]] dies. He discovered dwarf planet Ceres.
File:Giuseppe Piazzi.jpg|link=Giuseppe Piazzi (nonfiction)|1826: Priest, mathematician, and astronomer [[Giuseppe Piazzi (nonfiction)|Giuseppe Piazzi]] dies. He discovered dwarf planet Ceres.
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File:Sir Sandford Fleming.jpg|link=Sandford Fleming (nonfiction)|1827: Engineer and inventor [[Sandford Fleming (nonfiction)|Sandford Fleming]] dies.  He proposed worldwide standard time zones.
File:Sir Sandford Fleming.jpg|link=Sandford Fleming (nonfiction)|1827: Engineer and inventor [[Sandford Fleming (nonfiction)|Sandford Fleming]] dies.  He proposed worldwide standard time zones.


||Konrad Hermann Theodor Knopp (b. 1882) was a German mathematician who worked on generalized limits and complex functions.
||1882: Konrad Hermann Theodor Knopp born ... mathematician who worked on generalized limits and complex functions.
 
||1887: Gustav Ludwig Hertz born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1887 – Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
||1888: Selman Waksman born ... biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1888 – Selman Waksman, Jewish-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
||1802: Marie François Xavier Bichat dies ... anatomist and physiologist.


||1802 – Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (b. 1771)
||1826: Giuseppe Piazzi dies ... mathematician and astronomer.


||1826 – Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1746)
||1902: Reinhold Baer born ... mathematician, known for his work in algebra. He introduced injective modules in 1940. He is the eponym of Baer rings and Baer groups.


||Reinhold Baer (22 July 1902) was a German mathematician, known for his work in algebra. He introduced injective modules in 1940. He is the eponym of Baer rings and Baer groups.
||1907: Edgar Raymond Lorch born ... mathematician. Described by The New York Times as "a leader in the development of modern mathematics theory" Pic: http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/PictDisplay/Lorch_Ray.html


||1915 – Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed Standard time (b. 1827)
||1915: Sandford Fleming dies ... engineer and inventor, developed Standard time.


||Edouard Sarasin (d. 22 July 1917) was an independent scientist in Geneva. Born in a wealthy family, he established a private laboratory where he collaborated with other researchers. His studies included those on the properties of waves, resonance, radiowaves, radiation and geophysics.
||1917: Edouard Sarasin dies ... independent scientist in Geneva. Born in a wealthy family, he established a private laboratory where he collaborated with other researchers. His studies included those on the properties of waves, resonance, radiowaves, radiation and geophysics.


||Gerald Edward "Gerry" Brown (born July 22, 1926 in Brookings) was an American theoretical physicist who worked on nuclear physics and astrophysics.
||1926: Gerald Edward "Gerry" Brown born ... American theoretical physicist who worked on nuclear physics and astrophysics.


File:Reginald Fessenden.jpg|link=Reginald Fessenden (nonfiction)|1932: Inventor [[Reginald Fessenden (nonfiction)|Reginald Fessenden]] dies. He performed pioneering experiments in radio, including the use of continuous waves and the early—and possibly the first—radio transmissions of voice and music.
File:Reginald Fessenden.jpg|link=Reginald Fessenden (nonfiction)|1932: Inventor [[Reginald Fessenden (nonfiction)|Reginald Fessenden]] dies. He performed pioneering experiments in radio, including the use of continuous waves and the early—and possibly the first—radio transmissions of voice and music.


||John Robert Stallings Jr. (b. July 22, 1935) was a mathematician known for his seminal contributions to geometric group theory and 3-manifold topology. Pic.
||1935: John Robert Stallings Jr. born ... mathematician known for his seminal contributions to geometric group theory and 3-manifold topology. Pic.


||Ernest William Brown FRS (d. 22 July 1938) was an English mathematician and astronomer, who spent the majority of his career working in the United States and became a naturalised American citizen in 1923. His life's work was the study of the Moon's motion (lunar theory) and the compilation of extremely accurate lunar tables. He also studied the motion of the planets and calculated the orbits of Trojan asteroids.
||1938: Ernest William Brown dies ... mathematician and astronomer, who spent the majority of his career working in the United States and became a naturalised American citizen in 1923. His life's work was the study of the Moon's motion (lunar theory) and the compilation of extremely accurate lunar tables. He also studied the motion of the planets and calculated the orbits of Trojan asteroids.


||1942 – The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.
||1942: The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.


||1942 – Holocaust: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins.
||1942 – Holocaust: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto begins.

Revision as of 14:21, 27 August 2018

  • 1826: Priest, mathematician, and astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi dies. He discovered dwarf planet Ceres.

    1826: Priest, mathematician, and astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi dies. He discovered dwarf planet Ceres.

  • 1827: Gem detective and astronomer Niles Cartouchian discovers time crystals on the dwarf planet Ceres.

    1827: Gem detective and astronomer Niles Cartouchian discovers time crystals on the dwarf planet Ceres.

  • 1827: Engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming dies. He proposed worldwide standard time zones.

    1827: Engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming dies. He proposed worldwide standard time zones.

  • 1932: Inventor Reginald Fessenden dies. He performed pioneering experiments in radio, including the use of continuous waves and the early—and possibly the first—radio transmissions of voice and music.

    1932: Inventor Reginald Fessenden dies. He performed pioneering experiments in radio, including the use of continuous waves and the early—and possibly the first—radio transmissions of voice and music.

  • 1962: Engineer, pilot, and alleged time-traveller Henrietta Bolt tries to warn NASA that Mariner 1 has been targeted by math criminals.

    1962: Engineer, pilot, and alleged time-traveller Henrietta Bolt tries to warn NASA that Mariner 1 has been targeted by math criminals.

  • 1962: Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.

    1962: Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.

  • 2017: Advances in zero-knowledge proof theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta.

    2017: Advances in zero-knowledge proof theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta.

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