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File:Nikolaus Kopernikus.jpg|link=Nicolaus Copernicus (nonfiction)|1473: Mathematician and astronomer [[Nicolaus Copernicus (nonfiction)|Nicolaus Copernicus]] born. He will formulate a model of the universe that places the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.
File:Nikolaus Kopernikus.jpg|link=Nicolaus Copernicus (nonfiction)|1473: Mathematician and astronomer [[Nicolaus Copernicus (nonfiction)|Nicolaus Copernicus]] born. He will formulate a model of the universe that places the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.


||1553 – Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1511)
||1511: Erasmus Reinhold born ... astronomer and mathematician.


||1519 – Froben Christoph of Zimmern, Author of the Zimmern Chronicle (d. 1566)
||1519: Froben Christoph of Zimmern born ... author of the Zimmern Chronicle.


||1526 – Carolus Clusius, Flemish botanist and academic (d. 1609)
||1526: Carolus Clusius born ... botanist and academic.


||1553 – Erasmus Reinhold, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1511)
||1553: Erasmus Reinhold dies ... astronomer and mathematician.


File:Blaise_de_Vigenère.png|link=Blaise de Vigenère (nonfiction)|1596: Cryptographer and diplomat [[Blaise de Vigenère (nonfiction)]] dies. The Vigenère cipher was misattributed to him;  Vigenère himself devised a different, stronger cipher.  
File:Blaise_de_Vigenère.png|link=Blaise de Vigenère (nonfiction)|1596: Cryptographer and diplomat [[Blaise de Vigenère (nonfiction)]] dies. The Vigenère cipher was misattributed to him;  Vigenère himself devised a different, stronger cipher.  
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File:Huaynaputina.jpg|link=Huaynaputina (nonfiction)|1600: The [[Huaynaputina (nonfiction)|Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina]] explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
File:Huaynaputina.jpg|link=Huaynaputina (nonfiction)|1600: The [[Huaynaputina (nonfiction)|Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina]] explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.


||1660 – Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)
||1660: Friedrich Hoffmann dies ... physician and chemist.


||Sir William Fairbairn, 1st Baronet of Ardwick (b. 19 February 1789) was a Scottish civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder.
||1789: William Fairbairn born ... civil engineer, structural engineer and shipbuilder.


File:Jean Charles Borda.jpg|link=Jean-Charles de Borda (nonfiction)|1799: Mathematician, physicist, and sailor [[Jean-Charles de Borda (nonfiction)|Jean-Charles de Borda]] dies. He contributed to the development of the metric system, constructing a platinum standard meter, the basis of metric distance measurement.
File:Jean Charles Borda.jpg|link=Jean-Charles de Borda (nonfiction)|1799: Mathematician, physicist, and sailor [[Jean-Charles de Borda (nonfiction)|Jean-Charles de Borda]] dies. He contributed to the development of the metric system, constructing a platinum standard meter, the basis of metric distance measurement.


||1804 – Carl von Rokitansky, German physician, pathologist, and philosopher (d. 1878)
||1804: Carl von Rokitansky born ... physician, pathologist, and philosopher.


||1807 – Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama and confined to Fort Stoddert.
||1807: Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama and confined to Fort Stoddert.


||1859 – Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1927)
||1859: Svante Arrhenius born ... physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.


||Axel Thue (b. 19 February 1863), was a Norwegian mathematician, known for highly original work in diophantine approximation, and combinatorics. He stated in 1914 the so-called word problem for semigroups or Thue problem, closely related to the halting problem.
||1863: Axel Thue born ... mathematician, known for highly original work in diophantine approximation, and combinatorics. He stated in 1914 the so-called word problem for semigroups or Thue problem, closely related to the halting problem.


||1878 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
||1878: Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.


File:Karl Weierstrass.jpg|link=Karl Weierstrass (nonfiction)|1897: Mathematician and academic [[Karl Weierstrass (nonfiction)|Karl Weierstrass]] dies. He will be cited as the "father of modern analysis".  
File:Karl Weierstrass.jpg|link=Karl Weierstrass (nonfiction)|1897: Mathematician and academic [[Karl Weierstrass (nonfiction)|Karl Weierstrass]] dies. He will be cited as the "father of modern analysis".  


||Fritz Joachim Weyl (b. February 19, 1915) was born in Zurich, Switzerland. Today Weyl is regarded as a renowned mathematician.
||1908: Paul Matthieu Hermann Laurent dies ... mathematician. He developed statistical formulas for the calculation of actuarial tables and studied heat conduction.  Pic.


||1916 – Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
||1915: Fritz Joachim Weyl born ... mathematician.


||Joseph Valentin Boussinesq (d. 19 February 1929) was a French mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to the theory of hydrodynamics, vibration, light, and heat.
||1916: Ernst Mach dies ... physicist and philosopher.
 
||1929: Joseph Valentin Boussinesq dies ... mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to the theory of hydrodynamics, vibration, light, and heat.


File:Maria Goeppert-Mayer.jpg|link=Maria Goeppert-Mayer (nonfiction)|1937: Physicist and crime-fighter [[Maria Goeppert-Mayer (nonfiction)|Maria Goeppert-Mayer]] publishes mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells which detects and prevents [[crimes against physical constants]].
File:Maria Goeppert-Mayer.jpg|link=Maria Goeppert-Mayer (nonfiction)|1937: Physicist and crime-fighter [[Maria Goeppert-Mayer (nonfiction)|Maria Goeppert-Mayer]] publishes mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells which detects and prevents [[crimes against physical constants]].

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  • 1473: Mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus born. He will formulate a model of the universe that places the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.

    1473: Mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus born. He will formulate a model of the universe that places the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.

  • 1596: Cryptographer and diplomat Blaise de Vigenère (nonfiction) dies. The Vigenère cipher was misattributed to him; Vigenère himself devised a different, stronger cipher.

    1596: Cryptographer and diplomat Blaise de Vigenère (nonfiction) dies. The Vigenère cipher was misattributed to him; Vigenère himself devised a different, stronger cipher.

  • 1600: The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.

    1600: The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.

  • 1799: Mathematician, physicist, and sailor Jean-Charles de Borda dies. He contributed to the development of the metric system, constructing a platinum standard meter, the basis of metric distance measurement.

    1799: Mathematician, physicist, and sailor Jean-Charles de Borda dies. He contributed to the development of the metric system, constructing a platinum standard meter, the basis of metric distance measurement.

  • 1897: Mathematician and academic Karl Weierstrass dies. He will be cited as the "father of modern analysis".

    1897: Mathematician and academic Karl Weierstrass dies. He will be cited as the "father of modern analysis".

  • 1937: Physicist and crime-fighter Maria Goeppert-Mayer publishes mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells which detects and prevents crimes against physical constants.

    1937: Physicist and crime-fighter Maria Goeppert-Mayer publishes mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells which detects and prevents crimes against physical constants.

  • 2015: Extract of Radium sponsors re-enactment of the Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina.

    2015: Extract of Radium sponsors re-enactment of the Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina.

  • 2016: Novelist, literary critic, and philosopher Umberto Eco dies. He cited James Joyce and Jorge Luis Borges as the two modern authors who have influenced his work the most.

    2016: Novelist, literary critic, and philosopher Umberto Eco dies. He cited James Joyce and Jorge Luis Borges as the two modern authors who have influenced his work the most.

  • 2017: Steganographic analysis of Alice Beta Paragliding reveals encrypted data "almost certainly related to secret programs within the ENIAC program."

    2017: Steganographic analysis of Alice Beta Paragliding reveals encrypted data "almost certainly related to secret programs within the ENIAC program."

  • 2017: Mathematician and dissident Igor Shafarevich dies. He made fundamental contributions to algebraic number theory, algebraic geometry, and arithmetic algebraic geometry.

    2017: Mathematician and dissident Igor Shafarevich dies. He made fundamental contributions to algebraic number theory, algebraic geometry, and arithmetic algebraic geometry.

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