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|File:Giovanni Antonio Magini.jpg|link=Giovanni Antonio Magini (nonfiction)|1616: Mathematician, cartographer, and astronomer [[Giovanni Antonio Magini (nonfiction)|Giovanni Antonio Magini]] dies. He supported a geocentric system of the world, in preference to Copernicus's heliocentric system.
|File:Giovanni Antonio Magini.jpg|link=Giovanni Antonio Magini (nonfiction)|1616: Mathematician, cartographer, and astronomer [[Giovanni Antonio Magini (nonfiction)|Giovanni Antonio Magini]] dies. He supported a geocentric system of the world, in preference to Copernicus's heliocentric system.


||1756 – John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer (d. 1836)
||1756: John Loudon McAdam born ... engineer.


File:Supplice de 9 émigrés Octobre 1793.jpg|link=French Revolution (nonfiction)|1792: [[French Revolution (nonfiction)|French Revolution]]: The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the absolute monarchy.
File:Supplice de 9 émigrés Octobre 1793.jpg|link=French Revolution (nonfiction)|1792: [[French Revolution (nonfiction)|French Revolution]]: The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the absolute monarchy.


||Moritz Hermann von Jacobi (b. 21 September 1801) was a German and Russian engineer and physicist born in Potsdam. Jacobi worked mainly in Russia. He furthered progress in galvanoplastics, electric motors, and wire telegraphy.  Pic.
||1801: Moritz Hermann von Jacobi born ... engineer and physicist born in Potsdam. Jacobi worked mainly in Russia. He furthered progress in galvanoplastics, electric motors, and wire telegraphy.  Pic.


File:Heike Kamerlingh Onnes.jpg|link=Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (nonfiction)|1853: Physicist and academic [[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (nonfiction)|Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]] born. He will receive widespread recognition for his work, including the 1913 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his investigations on the properties of matter at low temperatures which led, ''inter alia'', to the production of liquid helium".
File:Heike Kamerlingh Onnes.jpg|link=Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (nonfiction)|1853: Physicist and academic [[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (nonfiction)|Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]] born. He will receive widespread recognition for his work, including the 1913 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his investigations on the properties of matter at low temperatures which led, ''inter alia'', to the production of liquid helium".
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File:Leonardo Draws Clock Head.jpg|link=Leonardo Draws Clock Head|1854: Signed first edition of ''[[Leonardo Draws Clock Head]]'' sells fifty thousand dollars.
File:Leonardo Draws Clock Head.jpg|link=Leonardo Draws Clock Head|1854: Signed first edition of ''[[Leonardo Draws Clock Head]]'' sells fifty thousand dollars.


||1860 – Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.
||1860: Second Opium War: An Anglo-French force defeats Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.


||1866 – Charles Nicolle, French-Tunisian microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
||1866: Charles Nicolle born ... microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1874 – Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer (b. 1798)
||1874: Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont dies ... geologist and engineer.


||1884 – Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician and theorist (d. 1944)
||1884: Dénes Kőnig born ... mathematician and theorist.


||K. Ananda Rau (b. 21 September 1893) was an eminent Indian mathematician. He will work on the summability of series, the theory of functions of a complex variable, and sums of an even number of squares. Pic.
||1893: K. Ananda Rau born ... mathematician. He will work on the summability of series, the theory of functions of a complex variable, and sums of an even number of squares. Pic.


||Joseph L. Walsh (b. September 21, 1895) was an American mathematician who worked mainly in the field of analysis. The Walsh function and the Walsh–Hadamard code are named after him. The Grace–Walsh–Szegő coincidence theorem is important in the study of the location of the zeros of multivariate polynomials. Pic.
||1895: Joseph L. Walsh born ... mathematician who worked mainly in the field of analysis. The Walsh function and the Walsh–Hadamard code are named after him. The Grace–Walsh–Szegő coincidence theorem is important in the study of the location of the zeros of multivariate polynomials. Pic.


||Juliusz Paweł Schauder (b. 21 September 1899) was a mathematician, known for his work in functional analysis, partial differential equations and mathematical physics. Pic.
||1899: Juliusz Paweł Schauder born ... mathematician, known for his work in functional analysis, partial differential equations and mathematical physics. Pic.


||1903 – Preston Tucker, American engineer and businessman, designed the Tucker Sedan (d. 1956)
||1903: Preston Tucker born ... engineer and businessman, designed the Tucker Sedan.


||1906 – Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (b. 1838)
||1906: Samuel Arnold dies ... conspirator.


||1917 – Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and academic (d. 1968) most known for her work on the Crank–Nicolson scheme together with John Crank.
||1917: Phyllis Nicolson born ... mathematician and academic ... most known for her work on the Crank–Nicolson scheme together with John Crank.


||1918 – John Gofman, American physicist, chemist, and biologist (d. 2007)
||1918: John Gofman born ... physicist, chemist, and biologist.


||1926 – Léon Charles Thévenin, French engineer (b. 1857)
||1926: Léon Charles Thévenin dies ... engineer.


||1926 – Donald A. Glaser, American physicist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
||1926: Donald A. Glaser born ... physicist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate.


||Yuri Andreevich Yappa (b. September 21, 1927) was a Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist. He is known for publications on particle physics, quantum field theory, General Relativity, philosophy of science, and for his graduate texts on classical electrodynamics and theory of spinors. Pic.
||1927: Yuri Andreevich Yappa born ... theoretical physicist. He is known for publications on particle physics, quantum field theory, General Relativity, philosophy of science, and for his graduate texts on classical electrodynamics and theory of spinors. Pic.


||1942 – The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
||1942: The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.


||Edward Arthur Milne FRS (d. 21 September 1950) was a British astrophysicist and mathematician.
||1950: Edward Arthur Milne dies ... astrophysicist and mathematician.


||Mikimoto Kōkichi (d. 21 September 1954) was a Japanese entrepreneur who is credited with creating the first cultured pearl and subsequently starting the cultured pearl industry with the establishment of his luxury pearl company Mikimoto. Pic.
||1954: Mikimoto Kōkichi dies ... entrepreneur who is credited with creating the first cultured pearl and subsequently starting the cultured pearl industry with the establishment of his luxury pearl company Mikimoto. Pic.


||1964 – The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's first Mach 3 bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.
||1964: The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's first Mach 3 bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.


||1976 – Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Chilean socialist government of Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet.
||1976: Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Chilean socialist government of Salvador Allende, overthrown in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet.


||Erika Cremer (d. 21 September 1996, Innsbruck) was a German physical chemist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Innsbruck who is regarded as one of the most important pioneer in gas chromatography. Pic.
||1996: Erika Cremer dies ... physical chemist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Innsbruck who is regarded as one of the most important pioneer in gas chromatography. Pic.


||2002 – Robert L. Forward, American physicist and engineer (b. 1932)
||2002: Robert L. Forward dies ... physicist and engineer.


||2003 – The Galileo Probe is terminated by sending it into Jupiter.
||2003: The Galileo Probe is terminated by sending it into Jupiter.


||Jerrold Eldon Marsden (d. September 21, 2010), was a mathematician. H was one of the world leading authorities in mathematical and theoretical classical mechanics. Marsden laid much of the foundation for symplectic topology. Pic.
||2010: Jerrold Eldon Marsden dies ... mathematician. H was one of the world leading authorities in mathematical and theoretical classical mechanics. Marsden laid much of the foundation for symplectic topology. Pic.


||2014 – Michael Harari, Israeli intelligence officer (b. 1927)
||2014: Michael Harari dies ... Israeli intelligence officer.


||Maurice Paul Nivat (d. 21 September 2017) was a French computer scientist. His research spanned the areas of formal languages, programming language semantics, and discrete geometry. Pic.
||2017: Maurice Paul Nivat dies ... computer scientist. His research spanned the areas of formal languages, programming language semantics, and discrete geometry. Pic.


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  • 1576: Gerolamo Cardano dies. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the Renaissance.

    1576: Gerolamo Cardano dies. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the Renaissance.

  • 1577: Mathematician, cosmographer, and crime-fighter Pedro Nunes publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on navigation and cartography to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants at sea.

    1577: Mathematician, cosmographer, and crime-fighter Pedro Nunes publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on navigation and cartography to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants at sea.

  • 1792: French Revolution: The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the absolute monarchy.

    1792: French Revolution: The National Convention declares France a republic and abolishes the absolute monarchy.

  • 1853: Physicist and academic Heike Kamerlingh Onnes born. He will receive widespread recognition for his work, including the 1913 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his investigations on the properties of matter at low temperatures which led, inter alia, to the production of liquid helium".

    1853: Physicist and academic Heike Kamerlingh Onnes born. He will receive widespread recognition for his work, including the 1913 Nobel Prize in Physics for "his investigations on the properties of matter at low temperatures which led, inter alia, to the production of liquid helium".

  • 1854: Signed first edition of Leonardo Draws Clock Head sells fifty thousand dollars.

    1854: Signed first edition of Leonardo Draws Clock Head sells fifty thousand dollars.

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