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||1538 – Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1612)
||1538: Christopher Clavius born ... mathematician and astronomer.


|File:Jeremiah Horrocks.jpg|link=Jeremiah Horrocks (nonfiction)|1636: Astronomer [[Jeremiah Horrocks (nonfiction)|Jeremiah Horrocks]] uses [[Numbered cake algorithm]] (NCA) to pre-visualize the transit of Venus.
|File:Jeremiah Horrocks.jpg|link=Jeremiah Horrocks (nonfiction)|1636: Astronomer [[Jeremiah Horrocks (nonfiction)|Jeremiah Horrocks]] uses [[Numbered cake algorithm]] (NCA) to pre-visualize the transit of Venus.
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File:Christiaan Huygens.jpg|link=Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|1655: Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by [[Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|Christiaan Huygens]].
File:Christiaan Huygens.jpg|link=Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|1655: Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by [[Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|Christiaan Huygens]].


||Gabriele Manfredi (b. 1681) was an Italian mathematician who undertook important work in the field of calculus.
||1681: Gabriele Manfredi born ... mathematician who undertook important work in the field of calculus.


||1712 – Nehemiah Grew, English anatomist and physiologist (b. 1641). Father plant anatomy.  Pic.
||1712: Nehemiah Grew dies ... anatomist and physiologist ... Father plant anatomy.  Pic.


||Sophie Blanchard (b. 25 March 1778), commonly referred to as Madame Blanchard, was a French aeronaut and the wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Blanchard was the first woman to work as a professional balloonist, and after her husband's death she continued ballooning, making more than 60 ascents. Known throughout Europe for her ballooning exploits, Blanchard entertained Napoleon Bonaparte, who promoted her to the role of "Aeronaut of the Official Festivals", replacing André-Jacques Garnerin. On the restoration of the monarchy in 1814 she performed for Louis XVIII, who named her "Official Aeronaut of the Restoration". Pic.
||1778: Sophie Blanchard born ... aeronaut and the wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Blanchard was the first woman to work as a professional balloonist, and after her husband's death she continued ballooning, making more than 60 ascents. Known throughout Europe for her ballooning exploits, Blanchard entertained Napoleon Bonaparte, who promoted her to the role of "Aeronaut of the Official Festivals", replacing André-Jacques Garnerin. On the restoration of the monarchy in 1814 she performed for Louis XVIII, who named her "Official Aeronaut of the Restoration". Pic.


||Giovanni Battista Amici (b. 25 March 1786) was an Italian astronomer, microscopist, and botanist. Pic.
||1786: Giovanni Battista Amici born ... astronomer, microscopist, and botanist. Pic.


||Christoph Gudermann (b. March 25, 1798) was a German mathematician noted for introducing the Gudermannian function and the concept of uniform convergence
||1798: Christoph Gudermann born ... mathematician noted for introducing the Gudermannian function and the concept of uniform convergence.


||1807 – The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.
||1807: The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.


||1800 – Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen, German geologist and academic (d. 1889)
||1800: Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen born ... geologist and academic.


||1818 – Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (b. 1745)
||1818: Caspar Wessel born ... mathematician and cartographer.


File:Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville.jpg|link=Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (nonfiction)|1857: Printer, bookseller, and inventor [[Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (nonfiction)|Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville]] is receives a patent for the phonoautograph, which records an audio signal as a photographic image.
File:Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville.jpg|link=Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (nonfiction)|1857: Printer, bookseller, and inventor [[Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (nonfiction)|Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville]] is receives a patent for the phonoautograph, which records an audio signal as a photographic image.


||Samuil Shatunovsky (b. 25 March 1859) was a Russian mathematician.  He worked on several topics in mathematical analysis and algebra, such as group theory, number theory and geometry. Independently from Hilbert, he developed a similar axiomatic theory and applied it in geometry, algebra, Galois theory and analysis. Pic.
||1859: Samuil Shatunovsky born ... mathematician.  He worked on several topics in mathematical analysis and algebra, such as group theory, number theory and geometry. Independently from Hilbert, he developed a similar axiomatic theory and applied it in geometry, algebra, Galois theory and analysis. Pic.


File:James Braid.jpg|link=James Braid (nonfiction)|1860: Surgeon and gentleman scientist [[James Braid (nonfiction)|James Braid]] dies. He was an important and influential pioneer of hypnotism and hypnotherapy.   
File:James Braid.jpg|link=James Braid (nonfiction)|1860: Surgeon and gentleman scientist [[James Braid (nonfiction)|James Braid]] dies. He was an important and influential pioneer of hypnotism and hypnotherapy.   
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File:Maurice d'Ocagne.jpg|link=Philbert Maurice d’Ocagne (nonfiction)|1862: Mathematician and engineer [[Philbert Maurice d’Ocagne (nonfiction)|Philbert Maurice d’Ocagne]] born.  He will found the field of nomography, the graphic computation of algebraic equations, on charts which he will called [[Nomogram (nonfiction)|nomograms]].
File:Maurice d'Ocagne.jpg|link=Philbert Maurice d’Ocagne (nonfiction)|1862: Mathematician and engineer [[Philbert Maurice d’Ocagne (nonfiction)|Philbert Maurice d’Ocagne]] born.  He will found the field of nomography, the graphic computation of algebraic equations, on charts which he will called [[Nomogram (nonfiction)|nomograms]].


||John Henry "Professor" Pepper (d. 25 March 1900) was a British scientist and inventor who toured the English-speaking world with his scientific demonstrations. He entertained the public, royalty, and fellow scientists with a wide range of technological innovations. He is primarily remembered for developing the projection technique known as Pepper's ghost, building a large-scale version of the concept by Henry Dircks. Pic.
||1900: John Henry "Professor" Pepper dies ... scientist and inventor who toured the English-speaking world with his scientific demonstrations. He entertained the public, royalty, and fellow scientists with a wide range of technological innovations. He is primarily remembered for developing the projection technique known as Pepper's ghost, building a large-scale version of the concept by Henry Dircks. Pic.


||1912 – Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (d. 2005)
||1912: Melita Norwood born ... English civil servant and spy.


File:Robert Andrews Millikan.jpg|link=Robert Andrews Millikan (nonfiction)|1924: Physicist [[Robert Andrews Millikan (nonfiction)|Robert Andrews Millikan]] uses the measurement of the elementary electronic charge to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Robert Andrews Millikan.jpg|link=Robert Andrews Millikan (nonfiction)|1924: Physicist [[Robert Andrews Millikan (nonfiction)|Robert Andrews Millikan]] uses the measurement of the elementary electronic charge to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
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File:John_Fleming_in_Fleming_tube.jpg|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|1927: Miniaturized version of [[John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|John Ambrose Fleming]] delivers lecture on [[numbered cake algorithms]].
File:John_Fleming_in_Fleming_tube.jpg|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|1927: Miniaturized version of [[John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|John Ambrose Fleming]] delivers lecture on [[numbered cake algorithms]].


||1928 – Gunnar Nielsen, Danish runner and typographer (d. 1985)
||1928: Gunnar Nielsen born ... runner and typographer.


||Ettore Majorana was an Italian theoretical physicist who worked on neutrino masses. On March 25, 1938, he disappeared under mysterious circumstances while going by ship from Palermo to Naples. The Majorana equation and Majorana fermions are named after him.  
||1938: Ettore Majorana disappears ... theoretical physicist who worked on neutrino masses. On March 25, 1938, he disappeared under mysterious circumstances while going by ship from Palermo to Naples. The Majorana equation and Majorana fermions are named after him.  


||1946 – Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist (d. 1991)
||1940: Jean David Ichbiah born ... computer scientist and the initial chief designer (1977–1983) of Ada, a general-purpose, strongly typed programming language with certified validated compilers. Pic.


|File:Numbered cake pops.jpg|link=Numbered cake algorithm|1954: [[Numbered cake algorithm]] used to build new type of [[scrying engine]].
||1946: Maurice Krafft born ... volcanologist.


||1957 – United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
||1957: United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.


||Ralph Elmer Wilson (d. March 25, 1960) was an American astronomer.
||1960: Ralph Elmer Wilson born ... astronomer.


||1979 – The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
||1979: The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.


||1987 – A. W. Mailvaganam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (b. 1906)
||1987: A. W. Mailvaganam dies ... physicist and academic.


||Lee Albert Rubel (d. March 25, 1995) was a mathematician, and Doctor of Mathematics renowned for his contributions to analog computing. Nopic
||1995: Lee Albert Rubel dies ... mathematician, and Doctor of Mathematics renowned for his contributions to analog computing. Nopic


||Sir Philip Stuart Milner-Barry (d. 25 March 1995) was a British chess player, chess writer, World War II codebreaker and civil servant. He represented England in chess both before and after World War II. He worked at Bletchley Park during World War II, and was head of "Hut 6", a section responsible for deciphering messages which had been encrypted using the German Enigma machine. Pic.
||1995: Sir Philip Stuart Milner-Barry dies ... chess player, chess writer, World War II codebreaker and civil servant. He represented England in chess both before and after World War II. He worked at Bletchley Park during World War II, and was head of "Hut 6", a section responsible for deciphering messages which had been encrypted using the German Enigma machine. Pic.


||1996 – The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
||1996: The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).


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Revision as of 09:57, 26 September 2018

  • 1655: Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.

    1655: Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.

  • 1857: Printer, bookseller, and inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville is receives a patent for the phonoautograph, which records an audio signal as a photographic image.

    1857: Printer, bookseller, and inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville is receives a patent for the phonoautograph, which records an audio signal as a photographic image.

  • 1860: Surgeon and gentleman scientist James Braid dies. He was an important and influential pioneer of hypnotism and hypnotherapy.

    1860: Surgeon and gentleman scientist James Braid dies. He was an important and influential pioneer of hypnotism and hypnotherapy.

  • 1862: Mathematician and engineer Philbert Maurice d’Ocagne born. He will found the field of nomography, the graphic computation of algebraic equations, on charts which he will called nomograms.

    1862: Mathematician and engineer Philbert Maurice d’Ocagne born. He will found the field of nomography, the graphic computation of algebraic equations, on charts which he will called nomograms.

  • 1924: Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan uses the measurement of the elementary electronic charge to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1924: Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan uses the measurement of the elementary electronic charge to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1925: John Logie Baird gives the first public demonstration of moving silhouette images by television at Selfridges department store in London in the first of a three-week series of demonstrations.

    1925: John Logie Baird gives the first public demonstration of moving silhouette images by television at Selfridges department store in London in the first of a three-week series of demonstrations.

  • 1927: Miniaturized version of John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture on numbered cake algorithms.

    1927: Miniaturized version of John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture on numbered cake algorithms.

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