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File:Adam Ries.png|link=Adam Ries (nonfiction)|1492: Mathematician [[Adam Ries (nonfiction)|Adam Ries]] born (uncertain). He will write textbooks for practical mathematics, promoting the advantages of Arabic/Indian numerals over Roman numerals.
File:Adam Ries.png|link=Adam Ries (nonfiction)|1492: Mathematician [[Adam Ries (nonfiction)|Adam Ries]] born (uncertain). He will write textbooks for practical mathematics, promoting the advantages of Arabic/Indian numerals over Roman numerals.


||1501: Leonhart Fuchs born ... physician and botanist.
||1501: Leonhart Fuchs born ... physician and botanist. Pic.


||1524: Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean.
||1524: Giovanni da Verrazzano sets sail westward from Madeira to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean. Pic.


File:Pedro Mejía.jpg|link=Pedro Mexía (nonfiction)|1551: Writer, humanist, and historian [[Pedro Mexía (nonfiction)|Pedro Mexía]] dies. He wrote ''Silva de varia lección'' ("A Miscellany of Several Lessons"), which became an early best seller across Europe.
File:Pedro Mejía.jpg|link=Pedro Mexía (nonfiction)|1551: Writer, humanist, and historian [[Pedro Mexía (nonfiction)|Pedro Mexía]] dies. He wrote ''Silva de varia lección'' ("A Miscellany of Several Lessons"), which became an early best seller across Europe.
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File:Anarchimedes.jpg|link=Anarchimedes|1552: Mathematician and criminal [[Anarchimedes]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to commit [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Anarchimedes.jpg|link=Anarchimedes|1552: Mathematician and criminal [[Anarchimedes]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to commit [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1560: Gaspard Bauhin born ... botanist, physician, and academic.
||1560: Gaspard Bauhin born ... botanist, physician, and academic. Pic.


File:Robert Fludd.jpg|link=Robert Fludd (nonfiction)|1574: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist [[Robert Fludd (nonfiction)|Robert Fludd]] born.
File:Robert Fludd.jpg|link=Robert Fludd (nonfiction)|1574: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist [[Robert Fludd (nonfiction)|Robert Fludd]] born.
||1624: Camillo-Guarino Guarini born ... architect of the Piedmontese Baroque, active in Turin as well as Sicily, France, and Portugal. He was a Theatine priest, mathematician, and writer. Pic.


||1647: Elisabeth Catherina Koopmann Hevelius born ... one of the first female astronomers, and called "the mother of moon charts". She was also the second wife of fellow astronomer Johannes Hevelius. Pic.
||1647: Elisabeth Catherina Koopmann Hevelius born ... one of the first female astronomers, and called "the mother of moon charts". She was also the second wife of fellow astronomer Johannes Hevelius. Pic.
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||1698: Moyse Charas born ... apothecary in France during the reign of Louis XIV. He became famous for publishing compendiums of medication formulas, which played vital roles in the development of modern pharmacy and chemistry. Pic.
||1698: Moyse Charas born ... apothecary in France during the reign of Louis XIV. He became famous for publishing compendiums of medication formulas, which played vital roles in the development of modern pharmacy and chemistry. Pic.


||1706: Benjamin Franklin, American publisher, inventor, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (d. 1790)
||1706: Benjamin Franklin born ... publisher, inventor, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania. Pic.


||1757: John Gough born ... natural and experimental philosopher who is known for his own investigations as well as the influence he had on both John Dalton and William Whewell.
||1757: John Gough born ... natural and experimental philosopher who is known for his own investigations as well as the influence he had on both John Dalton and William Whewell. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=John+Gough+(natural+philosopher)


||1775: Vincenzo Riccati dies ... mathematician and physicist. He was the brother of Giordano Riccati, and the second son of Jacopo Riccati. Riccati's main research continued the work of his father in mathematical analysis, especially in the fields of the differential equations and physics.
||1775: Vincenzo Riccati dies ... mathematician and physicist. He was the brother of Giordano Riccati, and the second son of Jacopo Riccati. Riccati's main research continued the work of his father in mathematical analysis, especially in the fields of the differential equations and physics. Pic.


||1781: Robert Hare born ... chemist. Pic.
||1781: Robert Hare born ... chemist. Pic.
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||1786: Comet Encke or Encke's Comet (official designation: 2P/Encke) is a periodic comet that completes an orbit of the Sun once every 3.3 years. (This is the shortest period of a reasonably bright comet; the faint main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS has a period of 3.2 years.) Encke was first recorded by Pierre Méchain in 1786, but it was not recognized as a periodic comet until 1819 when its orbit was computed by Johann Franz Encke
||1786: Comet Encke or Encke's Comet (official designation: 2P/Encke) is a periodic comet that completes an orbit of the Sun once every 3.3 years. (This is the shortest period of a reasonably bright comet; the faint main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS has a period of 3.2 years.) Encke was first recorded by Pierre Méchain in 1786, but it was not recognized as a periodic comet until 1819 when its orbit was computed by Johann Franz Encke


||1833: Friedrich Gottlob Koenig dies ... inventor best known for his high-speed steam-powered printing press, which he built together with watchmaker Andreas Friedrich Bauer. This new style of printing press could print up to 1,100 sheets per hour, printing on both sides of the paper at the same time.
||1833: Friedrich Gottlob Koenig dies ... inventor best known for his high-speed steam-powered printing press, which he built together with watchmaker Andreas Friedrich Bauer. This new style of printing press could print up to 1,100 sheets per hour, printing on both sides of the paper at the same time. Pic.


||1834: Giovanni Aldini dies ... physicist and academic.
||1834: Giovanni Aldini dies ... physicist and academic. Pic.


||1834: August Weismann born ... biologist, zoologist, and geneticist.
||1834: August Weismann born ... biologist, zoologist, and geneticist. Pic.


File:Charles Dupin.jpg|link=Charles Dupin (nonfiction)|1835: Mathematician, engineer, cartographer, economist, and crime fighter [[Charles Dupin (nonfiction)|Pierre Charles François Dupin]] uses choropleth map to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Charles Dupin.jpg|link=Charles Dupin (nonfiction)|1835: Mathematician, engineer, cartographer, economist, and crime fighter [[Charles Dupin (nonfiction)|Pierre Charles François Dupin]] uses choropleth map to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1857: Eugène Augustin Lauste born ... inventor instrumental in the technological development of the history of cinema.
||1857: Eugène Augustin Lauste born ... inventor instrumental in the technological development of the history of cinema. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Eugène+Augustin+Lauste


||1881: Antoni Łomnicki born ... mathematician and academic.
||1881: Antoni Łomnicki born ... mathematician and academic. Pic.


||1897: Marcel Petiot born ... physician and serial killer.
||1897: Marcel Petiot born ... physician and serial killer. Pic.


||1889: Ralph Howard Fowler born ... physicist and astronomer.
||1889: Ralph Howard Fowler born ... physicist and astronomer. Pic.


||1899: Al Capone born ... mob boss.
||1899: Al Capone born ... mob boss. Pic.


||1899: Nevil Shute born ... engineer and author.
||1899: Nevil Shute born ... engineer and author. Pic.


File:Electrocuting_an_Elephant.png|link=Electrocuting an Elephant (nonfiction)|1903: The short film ''[[Electrocuting an Elephant (nonfiction)|Electrocuting an Elephant]]'' is released.  It documents the killing of an elephant named Topsy.
File:Electrocuting_an_Elephant.png|link=Electrocuting an Elephant (nonfiction)|1903: The short film ''[[Electrocuting an Elephant (nonfiction)|Electrocuting an Elephant]]'' is released.  It documents the killing of an elephant named Topsy.
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||1905: Dattathreya Ramchandra Kaprekar born ... recreational mathematician who described several classes of natural numbers including the Kaprekar, Harshad and Self numbers and discovered the Kaprekar constant, named after him.  Pic. Death date unknown.
||1905: Dattathreya Ramchandra Kaprekar born ... recreational mathematician who described several classes of natural numbers including the Kaprekar, Harshad and Self numbers and discovered the Kaprekar constant, named after him.  Pic. Death date unknown.


||1910: Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch dies ... physicist who investigated the conductive properties of electrolytes and contributed to knowledge of their behavior. He also investigated elasticity, thermoelasticity, and thermal conduction as well as magnetic and electrical precision measurements.
||1910: Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch dies ... physicist who investigated the conductive properties of electrolytes and contributed to knowledge of their behavior. He also investigated elasticity, thermoelasticity, and thermal conduction as well as magnetic and electrical precision measurements. Pic.


File:Francis Galton 1850s.jpg|link=Francis Galton (nonfiction)|1911: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician [[Francis Galton (nonfiction)|Francis Galton]] dies.
File:Francis Galton 1850s.jpg|link=Francis Galton (nonfiction)|1911: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician [[Francis Galton (nonfiction)|Francis Galton]] dies.


||1913: Shaun Wylie born ... mathematician and World War II codebreaker.
||1913: Shaun Wylie born ... mathematician and World War II codebreaker. Pic.


||1917: Daniel Shanks born ... mathematician who worked primarily in numerical analysis and number theory. He is best known as the first to compute π to 100,000 decimal places, and for his book Solved and Unsolved Problems in Number Theory. Pic.
||1917: Daniel Shanks born ... mathematician who worked primarily in numerical analysis and number theory. He is best known as the first to compute π to 100,000 decimal places, and for his book Solved and Unsolved Problems in Number Theory. Pic.


||1921: Antonio Prohías born ... cartoonist.
||1921: Antonio Prohías born ... cartoonist. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=antonio+prohías


||1924: Jewel Plummer Cobb born ... biologist, cancer researcher, and academic.
||1924: Jewel Plummer Cobb born ... biologist, cancer researcher, and academic. Pic.


||1929: William Leonard Hunt (The Great Farini) dies ... well-known nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Canadian funambulist, entertainment promoter and inventor. Pic.
||1929: William Leonard Hunt (The Great Farini) dies ... well-known nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Canadian funambulist, entertainment promoter and inventor. Pic.
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||1929: Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
||1929: Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.


||1945: Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again.
||1945: Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again. Pic.


File:Anita Borg.jpg|link=Anita Borg (nonfiction)|1949: Computer scientist [[Anita Borg (nonfiction)|Anita Borg]] born.  She will found the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.
File:Anita Borg.jpg|link=Anita Borg (nonfiction)|1949: Computer scientist [[Anita Borg (nonfiction)|Anita Borg]] born.  She will found the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.
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||2005: Albert Schatz dies ... microbiologist and academic. Pic.
||2005: Albert Schatz dies ... microbiologist and academic. Pic.


||2008: Bobby Fischer dies ... chess player and author.
||2008: Bobby Fischer dies ... chess player and author. Pic.


File:Angry_Feller.jpg|link=Angry Feller (nonfiction)|2018: Signed first edition of ''[[Angry Feller (nonfiction)|Angry Feller]]'' sells for fifty dollars in charity auction to benefit victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Angry_Feller.jpg|link=Angry Feller (nonfiction)|2018: Signed first edition of ''[[Angry Feller (nonfiction)|Angry Feller]]'' sells for fifty dollars in charity auction to benefit victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


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Revision as of 08:42, 17 January 2019

  • 1492: Mathematician Adam Ries born (uncertain). He will write textbooks for practical mathematics, promoting the advantages of Arabic/Indian numerals over Roman numerals.

    1492: Mathematician Adam Ries born (uncertain). He will write textbooks for practical mathematics, promoting the advantages of Arabic/Indian numerals over Roman numerals.

  • 1551: Writer, humanist, and historian Pedro Mexía dies. He wrote Silva de varia lección ("A Miscellany of Several Lessons"), which became an early best seller across Europe.

    1551: Writer, humanist, and historian Pedro Mexía dies. He wrote Silva de varia lección ("A Miscellany of Several Lessons"), which became an early best seller across Europe.

  • 1552: Mathematician and criminal Anarchimedes uses Gnomon algorithm functions to commit crimes against mathematical constants.

    1552: Mathematician and criminal Anarchimedes uses Gnomon algorithm functions to commit crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1574: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist Robert Fludd born.

    1574: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist Robert Fludd born.

  • 1835: Mathematician, engineer, cartographer, economist, and crime fighter Pierre Charles François Dupin uses choropleth map to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1835: Mathematician, engineer, cartographer, economist, and crime fighter Pierre Charles François Dupin uses choropleth map to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1903: The short film Electrocuting an Elephant is released. It documents the killing of an elephant named Topsy.

    1903: The short film Electrocuting an Elephant is released. It documents the killing of an elephant named Topsy.

  • 1904: Outbreak of Scrimshaw abuse linked to last year's release of Electrocuting an Elephant.

    1904: Outbreak of Scrimshaw abuse linked to last year's release of Electrocuting an Elephant.

  • 1911: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician Francis Galton dies.

    1911: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician Francis Galton dies.

  • 1949: Computer scientist Anita Borg born. She will found the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.

    1949: Computer scientist Anita Borg born. She will found the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.

  • 1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex."

    1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex."

  • 1962: Industrialist, military contractor, and alleged crime boss Colonel Zersetzung tells reporters that the military-industrial complex is "the most profitable venture ever undertaken by humanity."

    1962: Industrialist, military contractor, and alleged crime boss Colonel Zersetzung tells reporters that the military-industrial complex is "the most profitable venture ever undertaken by humanity."

  • 1965: Extract of Radium opens new retail outlet in Palomares, Spain, in preparation for the Palomares nuclear weapons event.

    1965: Extract of Radium opens new retail outlet in Palomares, Spain, in preparation for the Palomares nuclear weapons event.

  • 1966: Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.

    1966: Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.

  • 1969: Mutant culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae computing Gnomon algorithm functions unexpectedly develops artificial intelligence.

    1969: Mutant culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae computing Gnomon algorithm functions unexpectedly develops artificial intelligence.

  • 1997: Astronomer and academic Clyde Tombaugh dies. He discovered Pluto, as well as many asteroids.

    1997: Astronomer and academic Clyde Tombaugh dies. He discovered Pluto, as well as many asteroids.

  • 2001: Mathematician and computer scientist Tom Kilburn dies. Over the course of a productive 30-year career, he was involved in the development of five computers of great historical significance.

    2001: Mathematician and computer scientist Tom Kilburn dies. Over the course of a productive 30-year career, he was involved in the development of five computers of great historical significance.

  • 2018: Signed first edition of Angry Feller sells for fifty dollars in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

    2018: Signed first edition of Angry Feller sells for fifty dollars in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

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