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||1783 – A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
||1783 – A huge fireball meteor is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.


File:Clock Head (da Vinci version).jpg|link=Clock Head|1877: Mechanical soldier [[Clock Head]] advises Judge Havelock to drink less [[Extract of Radium]], less often.
File:Clock Head (da Vinci version).jpg|link=Clock Head|1877: Mechanical soldier [[Clock Head]] advises [[Judge Havelock]] to drink less [[Extract of Radium]], less often.


||1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
||1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.

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  • 1634: Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France. He was the victim of a politically motivated persecution led by the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

    1634: Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France. He was the victim of a politically motivated persecution led by the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

  • 1877: Mechanical soldier Clock Head advises Judge Havelock to drink less Extract of Radium, less often.

    1877: Mechanical soldier Clock Head advises Judge Havelock to drink less Extract of Radium, less often.

  • 1910: Mathematician Pál Turán born. He will work primarily in number theory, but also contribute to analysis and graph theory.

    1910: Mathematician Pál Turán born. He will work primarily in number theory, but also contribute to analysis and graph theory.

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