Template:Selected anniversaries/December 17

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  • 498 BC: Dionysus gives speech which anticipates the coming of Saturnalia.

    498 BC: Dionysus gives speech which anticipates the coming of Saturnalia.

  • 497 BC: The first Saturnalia festival celebrated in ancient Rome.

    497 BC: The first Saturnalia festival celebrated in ancient Rome.

  • 1706: Mathematician and physicist Émilie du Châtelet born. She will translate and comment upon on Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica.

    1706: Mathematician and physicist Émilie du Châtelet born. She will translate and comment upon on Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica.

  • 1835: Felice Casorati born. Casorati will contribute the Casorati–Weierstrass theorem in complex analysis.

    1835: Felice Casorati born. Casorati will contribute the Casorati–Weierstrass theorem in complex analysis.

  • 1842: Mathematician and academic Marius Sophus Lie born. He will largely create the theory of continuous symmetry and apply it to the study of geometry and differential equations.

    1842: Mathematician and academic Marius Sophus Lie born. He will largely create the theory of continuous symmetry and apply it to the study of geometry and differential equations.

  • 1855: Set theorist and crime-fighter John Venn vows to fight crimes against set theory.

    1855: Set theorist and crime-fighter John Venn vows to fight crimes against set theory.

  • 1900: Mathematician and academic Mary Cartwright born. She will do pioneering work in what will later be called chaos theory.

    1900: Mathematician and academic Mary Cartwright born. She will do pioneering work in what will later be called chaos theory.

  • 1907: Lord Kelvin dies. He did much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form.

    1907: Lord Kelvin dies. He did much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form.

  • 1938: Physicist Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

    1938: Physicist Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

  • 1963: Physicist and crime-fighter Nathan Rosen discovers a new form of Einstein–Rosen bridge which detects and prevents crimes against physical constants.

    1963: Physicist and crime-fighter Nathan Rosen discovers a new form of Einstein–Rosen bridge which detects and prevents crimes against physical constants.

  • 2016: Green Ring 2 voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2016: Green Ring 2 voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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