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||1467 – The Battle of Molinella: The first battle in Italy in which firearms are used extensively.
||1467: The Battle of Molinella: The first battle in Italy in which firearms are used extensively.


||1471 – Thomas à Kempis, German priest and mystic (b. 1380)
||1471: Thomas à Kempis dies ... priest and mystic.


||1573 (or 1575) – Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and Jesuit (d. 1650)
||1573 (or 1575) – Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and Jesuit (d. 1650)
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File:Dominique Jean Larrey.jpg|link=Dominique Jean Larrey (nonfiction)|1842: Physician and surgeon [[Dominique Jean Larrey (nonfiction)|Dominique Jean Larrey]] dies.  He was an important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage, and is often considered the first modern military surgeon.
File:Dominique Jean Larrey.jpg|link=Dominique Jean Larrey (nonfiction)|1842: Physician and surgeon [[Dominique Jean Larrey (nonfiction)|Dominique Jean Larrey]] dies.  He was an important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage, and is often considered the first modern military surgeon.


||1843 – Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and engineer (b. 1766)
||1843: Charles Macintosh dies ... chemist and engineer.


||1847 – Paul Langerhans, German pathologist, physiologist and biologist (d. 1888)
||1847: Paul Langerhans born ... pathologist, physiologist and biologist.


File:Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery|1864: The well-known illustration ''Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery'' "is a reasonably accurate depiction of events as I experienced them," [[Judge Havelock]] tells interviewer.
File:Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery|1864: The well-known illustration ''Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery'' "is a reasonably accurate depiction of events as I experienced them," [[Judge Havelock]] tells interviewer.


||Karl Christian Bruhns (d. 1881) was a German astronomer.
||1881: Karl Christian Bruhns dies ... astronomer.


||Wolfgang R. Wasow (b. 25 July 1909) was an American mathematician known for his work in asymptotic expansions and their applications in differential equations. Pic.
||1909: Wolfgang R. Wasow born ... mathematician known for his work in asymptotic expansions and their applications in differential equations. Pic.


||1909 – Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from (Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom) in 37 minutes.
||1909 – Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from (Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom) in 37 minutes.
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||2013 – Hugh Huxley, English-American biologist and academic (b. 1924)
||2013 – Hugh Huxley, English-American biologist and academic (b. 1924)


File:Lend a Hand.jpg|link=Lend a Hand (nonfiction)|2018: Signed first edition of ''[[Lend a Hand (nonfiction)|Lend a Hand]]'' used in [[high-energy literature]] experiment unexpectedly develops [[Artificial intelligence (nonfiction)|artificial intelligence]].


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  • 1616: Physician, alchemist and chemist Andreas Libavius dies. He accepted the Paracelsian principle of using occult properties to explain phenomena with no apparent cause, but rejected the conclusion that a thing possessing these properties must have an astral connection to the divine.

    1616: Physician, alchemist and chemist Andreas Libavius dies. He accepted the Paracelsian principle of using occult properties to explain phenomena with no apparent cause, but rejected the conclusion that a thing possessing these properties must have an astral connection to the divine.

  • 1617: Astronomer, mathematician, and crime-fighter Paul Guldin uses the Guldinus theorem to track down and apprehend math criminals.

    1617: Astronomer, mathematician, and crime-fighter Paul Guldin uses the Guldinus theorem to track down and apprehend math criminals.

  • 1748: Astronomer Charles Messier's interest in astronomy is stimulated by an annular solar eclipse visible from his hometown.

    1748: Astronomer Charles Messier's interest in astronomy is stimulated by an annular solar eclipse visible from his hometown.

  • 1808: Mathematician Johann Benedict Listing born. He will introduce the term "topology" in a famous article published in 1847, having already used the term in correspondence some years earlier.

    1808: Mathematician Johann Benedict Listing born. He will introduce the term "topology" in a famous article published in 1847, having already used the term in correspondence some years earlier.

  • 1836: New steganographic analysis of famed illustration Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus reveals several terabytes of encrypted data.

    1836: New steganographic analysis of famed illustration Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus reveals several terabytes of encrypted data.

  • 1837: The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone.

    1837: The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone.

  • 1842: Physician and surgeon Dominique Jean Larrey dies. He was an important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage, and is often considered the first modern military surgeon.

    1842: Physician and surgeon Dominique Jean Larrey dies. He was an important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage, and is often considered the first modern military surgeon.

  • 1864: The well-known illustration Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery "is a reasonably accurate depiction of events as I experienced them," Judge Havelock tells interviewer.

    1864: The well-known illustration Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery "is a reasonably accurate depiction of events as I experienced them," Judge Havelock tells interviewer.

  • 1920: Chemist and X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin born. She will make contributions to the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).

    1920: Chemist and X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin born. She will make contributions to the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).

  • 1963: Mathematician and physicist Nicholas Metropolis publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which he derived using the Monte Carlo method. He will soon use these new functions to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1963: Mathematician and physicist Nicholas Metropolis publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which he derived using the Monte Carlo method. He will soon use these new functions to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1976: Viking program: The Viking 2 orbiter is turned off after returning almost 16,000 images in about 700–706 orbits around Mars.

    1976: Viking program: The Viking 2 orbiter is turned off after returning almost 16,000 images in about 700–706 orbits around Mars.

  • 2018: Signed first edition of Lend a Hand used in high-energy literature experiment unexpectedly develops artificial intelligence.

    2018: Signed first edition of Lend a Hand used in high-energy literature experiment unexpectedly develops artificial intelligence.

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