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File:Johan Ludvig William Valdemar Jensen by Vilhelm Rieger.jpg|link=Johan Jensen (nonfiction)|1859: Mathematician and engineer [[Johan Jensen (nonfiction)|Johan Jensen]] born.
File:Johan Ludvig William Valdemar Jensen by Vilhelm Rieger.jpg|link=Johan Jensen (nonfiction)|1859: Mathematician and engineer [[Johan Jensen (nonfiction)|Johan Jensen]] born.
File:Wallace War-Heels.jpg|link=Wallace War-Heels|1872: Adventurer [[Wallace War-Heels]] defeats alleged criminal mastermind [[Baron Zersetzung]] in single combat.


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.
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||2014: Roger L. Easton dies ... scientist, co-invented the GPS. Pic.
||2014: Roger L. Easton dies ... scientist, co-invented the GPS. Pic.
Violet_Spiral_2.jpg|link=Violet Spiral 2 (nonfiction)|2016: Signed first edition of ''[[Violet Spiral 2 (nonfiction)|Violet Spiral 2]]'' stolen from the Walker Art Center in [[New Minneapolis, Canada]] by the [[Forbidden Ratio]] gang.


||2016: Tom M. Apostol dies ... analytic number theorist. Pic search.
||2016: Tom M. Apostol dies ... analytic number theorist. Pic search.

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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".

    1788: Physician, geologist, and botanist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli dies. He has been called the "first anational European" and the "Linnaeus of the Austrian Empire".

  • 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.

    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.

  • 1859: Mathematician and engineer Johan Jensen born.

    1859: Mathematician and engineer Johan Jensen born.

  • 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.

    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.

  • 1959: Mathematician Renato Caccioppoli takes his own life. Caccioppoli contributed to mathematical analysis, including the theory of functions of several complex variables, functional analysis, and measure theory.

    1959: Mathematician Renato Caccioppoli takes his own life. Caccioppoli contributed to mathematical analysis, including the theory of functions of several complex variables, functional analysis, and measure theory.

  • 1960: Mathematician and academic J. H. C. Whitehead dies. During the Second World War, he worked with the codebreakers at Bletchley Park.

    1960: Mathematician and academic J. H. C. Whitehead dies. During the Second World War, he worked with the codebreakers at Bletchley Park.

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