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File:John Stuart Mill circa 1870.jpg|link=John Stuart Mill (nonfiction)|1873: Economist, civil servant, and philosopher [[John Stuart Mill (nonfiction)|John Stuart Mill]] dies. He was one of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism, and the first Member of Parliament to call for women's suffrage. | File:John Stuart Mill circa 1870.jpg|link=John Stuart Mill (nonfiction)|1873: Economist, civil servant, and philosopher [[John Stuart Mill (nonfiction)|John Stuart Mill]] dies. He was one of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism, and the first Member of Parliament to call for women's suffrage. | ||
File:Rhizolith Group.jpg|link=Rhizolith Group|1953: [[Rhizolith Group]] debuts new work based on the [[Bernoulli family (nonfiction)|Bernoulli family]]. | File:Rhizolith Group.jpg|link=Rhizolith Group|1953: [[Rhizolith Group]] debuts new work based on the [[Bernoulli family (nonfiction)|Bernoulli family]]. | ||
File:Henry Whitehead.jpg|link=J. H. C. Whitehead (nonfiction)|Mathematician and academic [[J. H. C. Whitehead (nonfiction)|J. H. C. Whitehead]] dies. During the Second World War, he worked with the codebreakers at Bletchley Park. | File:Henry Whitehead.jpg|link=J. H. C. Whitehead (nonfiction)|Mathematician and academic [[J. H. C. Whitehead (nonfiction)|1960: J. H. C. Whitehead]] dies. During the Second World War, he worked with the codebreakers at Bletchley Park. | ||
File:Zero knowledge proof.png|link=Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|2014: Advances in [[Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|zero-knowledge proof]] theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter [[Alice Beta]]. | |||
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1788: Physician, geologist, and botanist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli dies. He has been called the "first anational European" and the "Linnaeus of the Austrian Empire".
1789: Advances in dynastic cellular automata theory reveal new members of Bernoulli family.
1794: Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror by revolutionists, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the Ferme générale, is tried, convicted and guillotined in one day in Paris.
1872: Adventurer Wallace War-Heels defeats alleged criminal mastermind Baron Zersetzung in single combat.
1873: Economist, civil servant, and philosopher John Stuart Mill dies. He was one of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism, and the first Member of Parliament to call for women's suffrage.
1953: Rhizolith Group debuts new work based on the Bernoulli family.
Mathematician and academic 1960: J. H. C. Whitehead dies. During the Second World War, he worked with the codebreakers at Bletchley Park.
2014: Advances in zero-knowledge proof theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta.