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1548: Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and cosmological theorist Giordano Bruno born. He will be burned at the stake (17 February 1600).
1671: Mathematician Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus removes intermediate terms from a given algebraic equation using Gnomon algorithm techniques.
1748: Mathematician Johann Bernouli dies. He made important contributions to infinitesimal calculus.
1766: Priest, mathematician, and astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi uses Gnomon algorithm to forecast theoretical existence of dwarf planet Ceres.
1862: Engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming is appointed to the rank of Captain in the 10th Battalion Volunteer Rifles of Canada (later known as the Royal Regiment of Canada).
1978: Mathematician and engineer Agner Krarup Erlang born. He will invent the fields of traffic engineering, queueing theory, and telephone networks analysis.
1893: telephone switchboard technology modified to send and receive Gnomon algorithm data.
1894: Physicist, mathematician, and academic Satyendra Nath Bose born. His work on quantum mechanics will provide the foundation for Bose–Einstein statistics and the theory of the Bose–Einstein condensate.
1933: Ready Kilowatt makes cameo appearance in Dard Hunter Versus the Shape Thief.
1962: Brainiac Explains lecture series wins Pulitzer Prize.

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 File:Johann Bernoulli.jpg|link=|1748: Mathematician [[Johann Bernoulli (nonfiction)|Johann Bernouli]] dies. He made important contributions to infinitesimal calculus.
 File:Giuseppe Piazzi.jpg|link=Giuseppe Piazzi (nonfiction)|1766: Priest, mathematician, and astronomer [[Giuseppe Piazzi (nonfiction)|Giuseppe Piazzi]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to forecast theoretical existence of dwarf planet Ceres.
+File:Sir Sandford Fleming.jpg|link=Sandford Fleming (nonfiction)|1862: Engineer and inventor [[Sandford Fleming (nonfiction)|Sandford Fleming]] is appointed to the rank of Captain in the 10th Battalion Volunteer Rifles of Canada (later known as the Royal Regiment of Canada).
 File:Agner Krarup Erlang.jpg|link=Agner Krarup Erlang (nonfiction)|1978: Mathematician and engineer [[Agner Krarup Erlang (nonfiction)|Agner Krarup Erlang]] born. He will invent the fields of traffic engineering, queueing theory, and telephone networks analysis.
 File:Telephone exchange operator circa 1900.jpg|link=Telephone switchboard (nonfiction)|1893: [[Telephone switchboard (nonfiction)|telephone switchboard]] technology modified to send and receive [[Gnomon algorithm]] data.