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||1490: Albert, Duke of Prussia, last Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights born. Albert was the first European ruler to establish Lutheranism, and thus Protestantism, as the official state religion of his lands. He proved instrumental in the political spread of Protestantism in its early stage. Pic. | ||1490: Albert, Duke of Prussia, last Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights born. Albert was the first European ruler to establish Lutheranism, and thus Protestantism, as the official state religion of his lands. He proved instrumental in the political spread of Protestantism in its early stage. Pic. | ||
||1551: Martin Delrio born ... occultist and theologian. | ||1551: Martin Delrio born ... occultist and theologian. Pic search: dubious book covers: https://www.google.com/search?q=martin+delrio | ||
||1682: Bartholomew Roberts born ... pirate. | ||1682: Bartholomew Roberts born ... pirate. | ||
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1765: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist Alexis Clairaut dies. His work helped to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.
1854: Scientist and inventor Johann Philipp Reis uses Gnomon algorithm functions to prevent outbreak of Kingpin inclination.
1902: Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
1973: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate.
2001: Mathematician Jacques-Louis Lions dies. He made contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control.
2019: Triumph voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.