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1685: Mathematician John Pell dies. He expanded the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.
1862: USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by an electrically detonated mine.
1994: Diagram of public-key cryptography generation sell for 1.7 million dollars.
2007: Poet and wizard Jan Kochanowski adapts Nebra sky disk for use as scrying engine.

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-File:John Pell.jpg|link=John Pell (nonfiction)|Mathematician [[John Pell (nonfiction)|John Pell]] born.  He will expand the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.
+File:John Pell.jpg|link=John Pell (nonfiction)|1685: Mathematician [[John Pell (nonfiction)|John Pell]] dies.  He expanded the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.
 File:USS Cairo.jpg|link=USS Cairo (nonfiction)|1862: [[USS Cairo (nonfiction)|USS Cairo]] sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by an electrically detonated mine.
 File:Public key cryptography.png|link=Public-key cryptography (nonfiction)|1994: Diagram of [[Public-key cryptography (nonfiction)|public-key cryptography generation]] sell for 1.7 million dollars.
 File:Wizard Jan Kochanowski.jpg|link=Jan_Kochanowski|2007: Poet and wizard [[Jan Kochanowski]] adapts [[Nebra sky disk (nonfiction)|Nebra sky disk]] for use as [[scrying engine]].
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