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||File:Wild Man in Hydrogen Bubble Chamber.jpg|link=Time travel (nonfiction)|1105: [[Time travel (nonfiction)|Time travel device]] develops self-awareness, commits series of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
||1459: Martin Behaim born ... navigator and geographer.


||1459 – Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)
||1536: Printer William Tyndale executed.


||1536 – William Tyndale, English Protestant Bible translator (b. c. 1494)
||1723: Benjamin Franklin arrives in Philadelphia at the age of 17.


||1723 – Benjamin Franklin arrives in Philadelphia at the age of 17.
||1732: The Rev Dr Nevil Maskelyne astronomer He was the first person to scientifically measure the weight of the planet Earth.


||The Rev Dr Nevil Maskelyne (b. 6 October 1732) was the fifth British Astronomer Royal. He held the office from 1765 to 1811. He was the first person to scientifically measure the weight of the planet Earth.
||1735: Jesse Ramsden born ... mathematician, astronomical and scientific instrument maker. His reputation was built on the engraving and design of dividing engines which allowed high accuracy measurements of angles and lengths in instruments. He produced instruments for astronomy that were especially well-known for maritime use where they were needed for the measurement of latitudes and for his surveying instruments which were widely used for cartography and land survey. Pic.
 
||Jesse Ramsden (b. 6 October 1735 ) was a British mathematician, astronomical and scientific instrument maker. His reputation was built on the engraving and design of dividing engines which allowed high accuracy measurements of angles and lengths in instruments. He produced instruments for astronomy that were especially well-known for maritime use where they were needed for the measurement of latitudes and for his surveying instruments which were widely used for cartography and land survey. Pic.


File:Charles Dupin.jpg|link=Charles Dupin (nonfiction)|1784: Mathematician, engineer, cartographer, economist, and politician [[Charles Dupin (nonfiction)|Charles Dupin]] born. In 1826 he will create the earliest known choropleth map.
File:Charles Dupin.jpg|link=Charles Dupin (nonfiction)|1784: Mathematician, engineer, cartographer, economist, and politician [[Charles Dupin (nonfiction)|Charles Dupin]] born. In 1826 he will create the earliest known choropleth map.
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File:Thomas Reid.jpg|link=Thomas Reid (nonfiction)|1785: Mathematician, philosopher, and phenomenological crime-fighter  [[Thomas Reid (nonfiction)|Thomas Reid]]  publishes new theory of ''sensus communis'') based on the belief that there is a [[Gnomon algorithm]] which accurately represents the external world. Reid's work will soon find applications in the detection and prevention of [[crimes against physical constants]].
File:Thomas Reid.jpg|link=Thomas Reid (nonfiction)|1785: Mathematician, philosopher, and phenomenological crime-fighter  [[Thomas Reid (nonfiction)|Thomas Reid]]  publishes new theory of ''sensus communis'') based on the belief that there is a [[Gnomon algorithm]] which accurately represents the external world. Reid's work will soon find applications in the detection and prevention of [[crimes against physical constants]].


||1803 – Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Polish-German physicist and meteorologist (d. 1879)
||1803: Heinrich Wilhelm Dove born ... physicist and meteorologist.


File:Richard Dedekind.jpg|link=Richard Dedekind (nonfiction)|1831: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic [[Richard Dedekind (nonfiction)|Richard Dedekind]] born. He will make important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.
File:Richard Dedekind.jpg|link=Richard Dedekind (nonfiction)|1831: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic [[Richard Dedekind (nonfiction)|Richard Dedekind]] born. He will make important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.


||1846 – George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (d. 1914)
||1846: George Westinghouse born ... engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company.


File:Clock Head (da Vinci version).jpg|link=Clock Head|1851: Mechanical soldier [[Clock Head]] co-founds the town of [[Periphery (town)|Periphery]].
File:Clock Head (da Vinci version).jpg|link=Clock Head|1851: Mechanical soldier [[Clock Head]] co-founds the town of [[Periphery (town)|Periphery]].
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File:Reginald Fessenden.jpg|link=Reginald Fessenden (nonfiction)|1866: Inventor [[Reginald Fessenden (nonfiction)|Reginald Fessenden]] born. He will perform pioneering experiments in radio, including the use of continuous waves and the early—and possibly the first—radio transmissions of voice and music.
File:Reginald Fessenden.jpg|link=Reginald Fessenden (nonfiction)|1866: Inventor [[Reginald Fessenden (nonfiction)|Reginald Fessenden]] born. He will perform pioneering experiments in radio, including the use of continuous waves and the early—and possibly the first—radio transmissions of voice and music.


||Benjamin Peirce (d. October 6, 1880) was an American mathematician who taught at Harvard University for approximately 50 years. He made contributions to celestial mechanics, statistics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics. Pic.
||1880: Benjamin Peirce dies ... mathematician who taught at Harvard University for approximately 50 years. He made contributions to celestial mechanics, statistics, number theory, algebra, and the philosophy of mathematics. Pic.
 
||1855: Mathematician and publisher August Leopold Crelle dies. He was the founder of ''Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik'' (also known as ''Crelle's Journal''). He befriended Niels Henrik Abel and published seven of Abel's papers in the first volume of his journal. Pic.


||1889 – American inventor Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
File:Thomas Edison.jpg|link=Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|1889: American inventor [[Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|Thomas Edison]] shows his first motion picture.


||1893 – Meghnad Saha, Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 1956)
||1893: Meghnad Saha born ... astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic.


||1897 – Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist and academic (d. 1991)
||1897: Florence B. Seibert born ... biochemist and academic.


File:Fightin' Bert Russell.jpg|link=Bertrand Russell|1902: [[Bertrand Russell|"Fightin'" Bert Russell]] agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.
File:Fightin' Bert Russell.jpg|link=Bertrand Russell|1902: [[Bertrand Russell|"Fightin'" Bert Russell]] agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.


||1903 – Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
||1903: Ernest Walton born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1908 – Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1989)
||1908: Sergei Sobolev born ... mathematician and academic.


||1921 – Evgenii Landis, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1997)
||1921: Evgenii Landis born ... mathematician and theorist.


||1951 – Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
||1951: Otto Fritz Meyerhof dies ... physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate.


||Balthasar van der Pol (27 January 1889 – 6 October 1959) was a Dutch physicist. Pic.
||1959: Balthasar van der Pol dies ... physicist. Pic.


||1968 – Phyllis Nicolson, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1917)
||1968: Phyllis Nicolson dies ... mathematician and physicist.


||1986 – Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1921)
||1986: Alexander Kronrod dies ... mathematician and computer scientist.


||1995 – 51 Pegasi is discovered to be the second major star apart from the Sun to have a planet orbiting around it.
||1995: 51 Pegasi is discovered to be the second major star apart from the Sun to have a planet orbiting around it.


||2007 – Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
||2007: Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.


||Nicolaas 'Nico' Godfried van Kampen (d. October 6, 2013) was a Dutch theoretical physicist, who worked mainly on statistical mechanics and non-equilibrium thermodynamics. No pic.
||2013: Nicolaas 'Nico' Godfried van Kampen dies ... theoretical physicist, who worked mainly on statistical mechanics and non-equilibrium thermodynamics. No pic.


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  • 1784: Mathematician, engineer, cartographer, economist, and politician Charles Dupin born. In 1826 he will create the earliest known choropleth map.

    1784: Mathematician, engineer, cartographer, economist, and politician Charles Dupin born. In 1826 he will create the earliest known choropleth map.

  • 1785: Mathematician, philosopher, and phenomenological crime-fighter Thomas Reid publishes new theory of sensus communis) based on the belief that there is a Gnomon algorithm which accurately represents the external world. Reid's work will soon find applications in the detection and prevention of crimes against physical constants.

    1785: Mathematician, philosopher, and phenomenological crime-fighter Thomas Reid publishes new theory of sensus communis) based on the belief that there is a Gnomon algorithm which accurately represents the external world. Reid's work will soon find applications in the detection and prevention of crimes against physical constants.

  • 1831: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Richard Dedekind born. He will make important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.

    1831: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Richard Dedekind born. He will make important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.

  • 1851: Mechanical soldier Clock Head co-founds the town of Periphery.

    1851: Mechanical soldier Clock Head co-founds the town of Periphery.

  • 1866: Inventor Reginald Fessenden born. He will perform pioneering experiments in radio, including the use of continuous waves and the early—and possibly the first—radio transmissions of voice and music.

    1866: Inventor Reginald Fessenden born. He will perform pioneering experiments in radio, including the use of continuous waves and the early—and possibly the first—radio transmissions of voice and music.

  • 1889: American inventor Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.

    1889: American inventor Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.

  • 1902: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.

    1902: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.

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