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||217 BC: The Romans, led by Gaius Flaminius, are ambushed and defeated by Hannibal at the Battle of Lake Trasimene. | ||217 BC: The Romans, led by Gaius Flaminius, are ambushed and defeated by Hannibal at the Battle of Lake Trasimene. Pic: Ducarius decapitates Flaminius at the Battle of Lake Trasimene, by Joseph-Noël Sylvestre. Béziers (Languedoc-Roussillon), Musée des beaux-Arts. | ||
||109: Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometres (25 miles) north-west of Rome. Pic. | ||109: Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometres (25 miles) north-west of Rome. Pic. | ||
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||1616: Ferdinand Bol born ... painter, etcher and draftsman, student of Rembrandt. Pic. | ||1616: Ferdinand Bol born ... painter, etcher and draftsman, student of Rembrandt. Pic. | ||
||1637: Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc dies ... astronomer and historian. | ||1637: Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc dies ... astronomer and historian. Pic. | ||
File:Giovanni_Battista_Riccioli.jpg|link=Giovanni Battista Riccioli (nonfiction)|1660: Priest, astromomer, and crime-fighter [[Giovanni Battista Riccioli (nonfiction)|Giovanni Battista Riccioli]] publishes new scheme of lunar nomenclature which anticipates future developments in detecting and preventing [[crimes against astronomical constants]]. | File:Giovanni_Battista_Riccioli.jpg|link=Giovanni Battista Riccioli (nonfiction)|1660: Priest, astromomer, and crime-fighter [[Giovanni Battista Riccioli (nonfiction)|Giovanni Battista Riccioli]] publishes new scheme of lunar nomenclature which anticipates future developments in detecting and preventing [[crimes against astronomical constants]]. | ||
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||1756: Olof Celsius (the elder) dies ... botanist, philologist and clergyman, He was a professor at Uppsala University, Sweden. Celsius was a mentor of the botanist and scientist Carl Linnaeus. Celsius wrote his most famous book on biblical plants, Hierobotanicos, in 1745-47. Pic. | ||1756: Olof Celsius (the elder) dies ... botanist, philologist and clergyman, He was a professor at Uppsala University, Sweden. Celsius was a mentor of the botanist and scientist Carl Linnaeus. Celsius wrote his most famous book on biblical plants, Hierobotanicos, in 1745-47. Pic. | ||
||1771: Éleuthère Irénée du Pont born ... chemist and businessman, founded DuPont. | ||1771: Éleuthère Irénée du Pont born ... chemist and businessman, founded DuPont. Pic. | ||
||1774: François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo born ... general and engineer. | ||1774: François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo born ... general and engineer. | ||
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1660: Priest, astromomer, and crime-fighter Giovanni Battista Riccioli publishes new scheme of lunar nomenclature which anticipates future developments in detecting and preventing crimes against astronomical constants.
1709: Public test of Bartolomeu de Gusmão's airship fails to take place.
1860: Inventor and engineer Wilhelm Bauer publishes complete working plans for a submarine which is undetectable by alleged supervillain Neptune Slaughter.
1880: Mathematician and academic Oswald Veblen born. His work will find application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.
1886: Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess wins Pulitzer prize, hailed as "most entertaining illustration of our time."
2016: Steganographic analysis of Boxes unexpectedly reveals previously unknown type of cryptographic numen. APTO's department of Gnomon algorithm research calls it "a remarkable breakthrough."