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||1455: Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.
||1455: Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.
File:Johannes Weyer.jpg|link=Johann Weyer (nonfiction)|1580: Physician, occultist, and [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorist [[Johann Weyer (nonfiction)|Johann Weyer]] publicly accuses the [[House of Malevecchio]] of secretly distributing [[clandestiphrine]] and other transdimensional drugs.


File:Jean-Baptiste Morin.jpg|link=Jean-Baptiste Morin (nonfiction)|1583: Mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer [[Jean-Baptiste Morin (nonfiction)|Jean-Baptiste Morin]] born. Morin will champion the geocentric worldview, opposing Galileo and his ideas; Morin will also oppose Descartes' ideas after meeting the philosopher in 1638.
File:Jean-Baptiste Morin.jpg|link=Jean-Baptiste Morin (nonfiction)|1583: Mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer [[Jean-Baptiste Morin (nonfiction)|Jean-Baptiste Morin]] born. Morin will champion the geocentric worldview, opposing Galileo and his ideas; Morin will also oppose Descartes' ideas after meeting the philosopher in 1638.
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||1739: At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer. Pic (imagined). TO_DO
||1739: At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer. Pic (imagined). TO_DO
File:Laura Bassi.jpg|link=Laura Bassi (nonfiction)|1742: Physicist and academic [[Laura Bassi (nonfiction)|Laura Bassi]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to translate Newton's ideas of physics and natural philosophy into Italian.


||1848: Wilhelmine Reichard dies ... balloonist. Pic.
||1848: Wilhelmine Reichard dies ... balloonist. Pic.
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||1963: Antonio Signorini dies ... mathematical physicist and civil engineer of the 20th century. He is known for his work in finite elasticity, thermoelasticity and for formulating the Signorini problem. Pic.
||1963: Antonio Signorini dies ... mathematical physicist and civil engineer of the 20th century. He is known for his work in finite elasticity, thermoelasticity and for formulating the Signorini problem. Pic.
File:Claude Shannon.jpg|link=Claude Shannon (nonfiction)|1963: Mathematician, information engineer, and crime-fighter [[Claude Shannon (nonfiction)|Claude Shannon]] publishes new theory of entropy which reveals new approaches to the detection and prevent of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
|File:Vandal Savage Field Report Small Boy.jpg|link=Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|1964: ''Field Report Number One'' by [[Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|Vandal Savage Press]] republished using latest [[high-energy literature]] techniques.


File:Hans_Bernd_Gisevius.jpg|link=Hans Bernd Gisevius (nonfiction)|1974: German diplomat and intelligence officer [[Hans Bernd Gisevius (nonfiction)|Hans Bernd Gisevius]] dies.  Gisevius was a covert opponent of the Nazi regime, and a radical communist; he served as a liaison in Zürich between Allen Dulles, station chief for the American OSS, and the German Resistance forces in Germany.  
File:Hans_Bernd_Gisevius.jpg|link=Hans Bernd Gisevius (nonfiction)|1974: German diplomat and intelligence officer [[Hans Bernd Gisevius (nonfiction)|Hans Bernd Gisevius]] dies.  Gisevius was a covert opponent of the Nazi regime, and a radical communist; he served as a liaison in Zürich between Allen Dulles, station chief for the American OSS, and the German Resistance forces in Germany.  

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  • 1583: Mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer Jean-Baptiste Morin born. Morin will champion the geocentric worldview, opposing Galileo and his ideas; Morin will also oppose Descartes' ideas after meeting the philosopher in 1638.

    1583: Mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer Jean-Baptiste Morin born. Morin will champion the geocentric worldview, opposing Galileo and his ideas; Morin will also oppose Descartes' ideas after meeting the philosopher in 1638.

  • 1855: Mathematician, astronomer, and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss dies. He had an exceptional influence in many fields of mathematics and science and is ranked as one of history's most influential mathematicians.

    1855: Mathematician, astronomer, and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss dies. He had an exceptional influence in many fields of mathematics and science and is ranked as one of history's most influential mathematicians.

  • 1898: Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse", a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.

    1898: Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse", a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.

  • 1927: German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.

    1927: German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.

  • 1940: ENIAC program accidentally generates new class of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1940: ENIAC program accidentally generates new class of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1941: Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.

    1941: Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.

  • 1974: German diplomat and intelligence officer Hans Bernd Gisevius dies. Gisevius was a covert opponent of the Nazi regime, and a radical communist; he served as a liaison in Zürich between Allen Dulles, station chief for the American OSS, and the German Resistance forces in Germany.

    1974: German diplomat and intelligence officer Hans Bernd Gisevius dies. Gisevius was a covert opponent of the Nazi regime, and a radical communist; he served as a liaison in Zürich between Allen Dulles, station chief for the American OSS, and the German Resistance forces in Germany.

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