Template:Selected anniversaries/March 16
1517: Mathematician Johannes Stöffler discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.
1732: Mathematician and physicist Émilie du Châtelet discovers previously unknown class of crimes against mathematical constants.
1838: American captain and mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch dies. He was a founder of modern maritime navigation; his book The New American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, is still carried on board every commissioned U.S. Naval vessel.
1859: Inventor and engineer Wilhelm Bauer retrofits submarine with underwater scrying engine.
1911: Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Prison unable to contain supervillain Forbidden Ratio.
1966: After-effects of 1966 Palomares B-52 crash reveal new class of crimes against mathematical constants.