Template:Selected anniversaries/January 16
1477: Johannes Schöner born. He will enjoy a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.
1548: Mathematician Adam Ries publishes textbook of Gnomon algorithm functions, promoting the advantages of Arabic/Indian numerals over Roman numerals in such applications as detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.
1547: Johannes Schöner dies. He enjoyed a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.
1731: Mathematician and physicist Émilie du Châtelet translates Gnomon algorithm textbook from English into French.
1889: Council of algorithms announces plans to fund and build a Museum of Algorithms.
1953: Physicist and educator Nikolay Basov witnesses spontaneous cryptographic numen, develops new theory of quantum electronics.
1962: Computer scientist and academic John T. Riedl born. He will be a founder of the field of recommender systems, social computing, and interactive intelligent user interface systems.
1967: Physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff dies. He design design and constructed high-voltage Van de Graaff generators.
2015: Cryptographic numen modeled in nanowire, reveals new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.