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||Stefano degli Angeli (d. October 11, 1697) was an Italian mathematician, philosopher, and Jesuat.
||1697: Stefano degli Angeli dies ... mathematician, philosopher, and Jesuat.


||1705 – Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (b. 1663)
||1705: Guillaume Amontons dies ... physicist and instrument maker.


File:Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus.jpg|link=Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (nonfiction)|1708: Mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher [[Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (nonfiction)|Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus]] dies. He invented the Tschirnhaus transformation, by which certain intermediate terms are removed from a given algebraic equation.
File:Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus.jpg|link=Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (nonfiction)|1708: Mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher [[Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (nonfiction)|Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus]] dies. He invented the Tschirnhaus transformation, by which certain intermediate terms are removed from a given algebraic equation.


||1758 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (d. 1840)
||1758: Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers born ... physician and astronomer.


||1809 – Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder's Stand.
||1809: Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder's Stand.


||1811 – Inventor John Stevens' boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).
||1811: Inventor John Stevens' boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).


File:Niles Cartouchian 2.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian (1900s)|1851: Famed gem detective and crime-fighter [[Niles Cartouchian (1900s)]] accuses rival gem detective [[Egon Rhodomunde]] of trafficking in illegal [[Time crystal (nonfiction)|time crystals]].
File:Niles Cartouchian 2.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian (1900s)|1851: Famed gem detective and crime-fighter [[Niles Cartouchian (1900s)]] accuses rival gem detective [[Egon Rhodomunde]] of trafficking in illegal [[Time crystal (nonfiction)|time crystals]].


||1852 – Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (b. 1823) Ferdinand Gotthold Max Eisenstein (16 April 1823 – 11 October 1852) was a German mathematician. He specialized in number theory and analysis, and proved several results that eluded even Gauss.
||1852: Gotthold Eisenstein dies ... mathematician and academic ... specialized in number theory and analysis, and proved several results that eluded even Gauss.


||Édouard Chatton (b. 11 October 1883) was a French biologist who first characterized the distinction between the eukaryotic and prokaryotic systems of cellular organization. Pic.
||1883: Édouard Chatton born ... biologist who first characterized the distinction between the eukaryotic and prokaryotic systems of cellular organization. Pic.


||1884 – Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
||1866: Johannes Petrus Kuenen born ... physicist. He discovered retrograde condensation and published his findings in 1892 in the Ph.D. thesis with the title "Metingen betreffende het oppervlak van Van der Waals voor mengsels van koolzuur en chloormethyl". (Measurements on the Van der Waals surface for mixtures of carbonic acid and methyl chloride).  He performed early experiments with x-rays with the physiologist Edward Waymouth Reid. Pic.


||Friedrich Karl Rudolf Bergius (b. 11 October 1884) was a German chemist known for the Bergius process for producing synthetic fuel from coal, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1931, together with Carl Bosch) in recognition of contributions to the invention and development of chemical high-pressure methods. Pic.
||1884: Friedrich Bergius born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||Alfréd Haar (b. 11 October 1885) was a Hungarian mathematician. The Haar measure, Haar wavelet, and Haar transform are named in his honor. Pic.
||1884: Friedrich Karl Rudolf Bergius born ... chemist known for the Bergius process for producing synthetic fuel from coal, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1931, together with Carl Bosch) in recognition of contributions to the invention and development of chemical high-pressure methods. Pic.
 
||1885: Alfréd Haar born ... mathematician. The Haar measure, Haar wavelet, and Haar transform are named in his honor. Pic.


File:James Prescott Joule.jpg|link=James Prescott Joule (nonfiction)|1889: Physicist and brewer [[James Prescott Joule (nonfiction)|James Prescott Joule]] dies. He studied the nature of heat, and discovered its relationship to mechanical work.
File:James Prescott Joule.jpg|link=James Prescott Joule (nonfiction)|1889: Physicist and brewer [[James Prescott Joule (nonfiction)|James Prescott Joule]] dies. He studied the nature of heat, and discovered its relationship to mechanical work.

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  • 1708: Mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus dies. He invented the Tschirnhaus transformation, by which certain intermediate terms are removed from a given algebraic equation.

    1708: Mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus dies. He invented the Tschirnhaus transformation, by which certain intermediate terms are removed from a given algebraic equation.

  • 1851: Famed gem detective and crime-fighter Niles Cartouchian (1900s) accuses rival gem detective Egon Rhodomunde of trafficking in illegal time crystals.

    1851: Famed gem detective and crime-fighter Niles Cartouchian (1900s) accuses rival gem detective Egon Rhodomunde of trafficking in illegal time crystals.

  • 1889: Physicist and brewer James Prescott Joule dies. He studied the nature of heat, and discovered its relationship to mechanical work.

    1889: Physicist and brewer James Prescott Joule dies. He studied the nature of heat, and discovered its relationship to mechanical work.

  • 1916: Time-travelling physician-warrior Asclepius Myrmidon arrives during a chemical warfare attack in western Europe, sets up emergency field hospital.

    1916: Time-travelling physician-warrior Asclepius Myrmidon arrives during a chemical warfare attack in western Europe, sets up emergency field hospital.

  • 1940: Mathematician and physicist Vito Volterra dies. He was one of the founders of functional analysis, making contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations.

    1940: Mathematician and physicist Vito Volterra dies. He was one of the founders of functional analysis, making contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations.

  • 1965: Documentary photography and photojournalist Dorothea Lange dies.

    1965: Documentary photography and photojournalist Dorothea Lange dies.

  • 2002: Gem detective and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde accuses actor-crytographer Niles Cartouchian of trafficking in illegal time crystals.

    2002: Gem detective and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde accuses actor-crytographer Niles Cartouchian of trafficking in illegal time crystals.

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