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File:Oronce Finé.jpg|link=Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|1555: Mathematician and cartographer [[Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|Oronce Finé]] dies. He was imprisoned in 1524, probably for practicing [[Judicial astrology (nonfiction)|judicial astrology]].
File:Oronce Finé.jpg|link=Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|1555: Mathematician and cartographer [[Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|Oronce Finé]] dies. He was imprisoned in 1524, probably for practicing [[Judicial astrology (nonfiction)|judicial astrology]].


||1576: The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on the island of Hven.
File:Uraniborg main building.jpg|link=Uraniborg (nonfiction)|1576: The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's [[Uraniborg (nonfiction)|Uraniborg observatory]] is laid on the island of Hven.


||Joseph Moxon (b. 8 August 1627), hydrographer to Charles II, was an English printer specialising in mathematical books and maps, a maker of globes and mathematical instruments, and mathematical lexicographer. He produced the first English language dictionary devoted to mathematics, and the first detailed instructional manual for printers. In November 1678, he became the first tradesman to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Pic.
||1627: Joseph Moxon born ... hydrographer to Charles II, was an English printer specialising in mathematical books and maps, a maker of globes and mathematical instruments, and mathematical lexicographer. He produced the first English language dictionary devoted to mathematics, and the first detailed instructional manual for printers. In November 1678, he became the first tradesman to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Pic.


||1694: Antoine Arnauld dies ... was a French Roman Catholic theologian, philosopher and mathematician. Pic.
||1694: Antoine Arnauld dies ... was a French Roman Catholic theologian, philosopher and mathematician. Pic.


||Johann Friedrich Gmelin (b. 1748) was a German naturalist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist and malacologist.
||1748: Johann Friedrich Gmelin born ... naturalist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist and malacologist.


||Benjamin Silliman (b. August 8, 1779) was an early American chemist and science educator. He was one of the first American professors of science, at Yale College, the first person to distill petroleum in America, and a founder of the American Journal of Science, the oldest continuously published scientific journal in the United States. Pic.
||1779: Benjamin Silliman born ... chemist and science educator. He was one of the first American professors of science, at Yale College, the first person to distill petroleum in America, and a founder of the American Journal of Science, the oldest continuously published scientific journal in the United States. Pic.


File:Wallace War-Heels.jpg|link=Wallace War-Heels|1872: Adventurer and alleged time-travelling "Pirate of the Prairies" [[Wallace War-Heels]] defeats Baron Zersetzung in single combat.
File:Wallace War-Heels.jpg|link=Wallace War-Heels|1872: Adventurer and alleged time-travelling "Pirate of the Prairies" [[Wallace War-Heels]] defeats Baron Zersetzung in single combat.
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File:Sir Francis Ronalds.jpg|link=Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|1873: Scientist, inventor, and engineer [[Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|Francis Ronalds]] dies. He was knighted for creating the first working electric telegraph.
File:Sir Francis Ronalds.jpg|link=Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|1873: Scientist, inventor, and engineer [[Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|Francis Ronalds]] dies. He was knighted for creating the first working electric telegraph.


||1876 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
||1876: Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.


||1879 – Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1950)
||1879: Bob Smith born ... physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous.


File:Edward Frankland.jpg|link=Edward Frankland (nonfiction)|1880: Chemist and crime-fighter [[Edward Frankland (nonfiction)|Edward Frankland]] gives landmark lecture on applications of [[Gnomon algorithm]] theory to the detection and prevention of organometallic [[crimes against chemistry]], introducing the concept of combining power or valence.  
File:Edward Frankland.jpg|link=Edward Frankland (nonfiction)|1880: Chemist and crime-fighter [[Edward Frankland (nonfiction)|Edward Frankland]] gives landmark lecture on applications of [[Gnomon algorithm]] theory to the detection and prevention of organometallic [[crimes against chemistry]], introducing the concept of combining power or valence.  

Revision as of 09:16, 26 August 2018

  • 1555: Mathematician and cartographer Oronce Finé dies. He was imprisoned in 1524, probably for practicing judicial astrology.

    1555: Mathematician and cartographer Oronce Finé dies. He was imprisoned in 1524, probably for practicing judicial astrology.

  • 1576: The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on the island of Hven.

    1576: The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on the island of Hven.

  • 1872: Adventurer and alleged time-travelling "Pirate of the Prairies" Wallace War-Heels defeats Baron Zersetzung in single combat.

    1872: Adventurer and alleged time-travelling "Pirate of the Prairies" Wallace War-Heels defeats Baron Zersetzung in single combat.

  • 1873: Scientist, inventor, and engineer Francis Ronalds dies. He was knighted for creating the first working electric telegraph.

    1873: Scientist, inventor, and engineer Francis Ronalds dies. He was knighted for creating the first working electric telegraph.

  • 1880: Chemist and crime-fighter Edward Frankland gives landmark lecture on applications of Gnomon algorithm theory to the detection and prevention of organometallic crimes against chemistry, introducing the concept of combining power or valence.

    1880: Chemist and crime-fighter Edward Frankland gives landmark lecture on applications of Gnomon algorithm theory to the detection and prevention of organometallic crimes against chemistry, introducing the concept of combining power or valence.

  • 1900: David Hilbert delivers his famous "Mathematical problems" address: "We hear within us the perpetual call: There is a problem. Seek its solution. You can find it by pure reason, for in mathematics there is no 'ignorabimus'."

    1900: David Hilbert delivers his famous "Mathematical problems" address: "We hear within us the perpetual call: There is a problem. Seek its solution. You can find it by pure reason, for in mathematics there is no 'ignorabimus'."

  • 1957: A day after the Stokes nuclear weapon test, large numbers of carnivorous dirigibles unexpectedly die.

    1957: A day after the Stokes nuclear weapon test, large numbers of carnivorous dirigibles unexpectedly die.

  • 2000: Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence.

    2000: Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence.

  • 2012: Nuclear physicist Fay Ajzenberg-Selove dies. She did important experimental work in nuclear spectroscopy of light elements, authoring annual reviews of the energy levels of light atomic nuclei.

    2012: Nuclear physicist Fay Ajzenberg-Selove dies. She did important experimental work in nuclear spectroscopy of light elements, authoring annual reviews of the energy levels of light atomic nuclei.

  • 2017: Signed first edition of Culvert Origenes and The Governess sells for two million dollars in charity benefit auction for victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

    2017: Signed first edition of Culvert Origenes and The Governess sells for two million dollars in charity benefit auction for victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

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